1
as in to summon
to bring together in assembly by or as if by command
convened the members of the council for an emergency session
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as in to gather
to come together into one body or place
the conventioneers convened in the auditorium to hear the guest speaker
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Recent Examples of convene
Even though the figures are seldom laid out in detail – even during quarterly earnings calls, one of which Comcast will convene later this month – there is often chatter about up, down or sideways movement on the top line.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 July 2025
An aide in the House’s budget-writing committee said legislative leaders planned during Monday’s sessions to convene a six-person negotiating committee that would iron out a fiscal 2025 supplemental budget whose loose ends have dangled over Beacon Hill for weeks.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 14 July 2025
On Friday, Levine Cava convened a closed-door meeting with immigrant advocates to try and quell criticism of her.
—Miami Herald, 12 July 2025
In April, the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, a government body that manages the watershed, convened a special meeting of its Board of Directors.
—ABC News, 8 July 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 July 2025
An aide in the House’s budget-writing committee said legislative leaders planned during Monday’s sessions to convene a six-person negotiating committee that would iron out a fiscal 2025 supplemental budget whose loose ends have dangled over Beacon Hill for weeks.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 14 July 2025
On Friday, Levine Cava convened a closed-door meeting with immigrant advocates to try and quell criticism of her.
—Miami Herald, 12 July 2025
In April, the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, a government body that manages the watershed, convened a special meeting of its Board of Directors.
—ABC News, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convene
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Geraghty is strong, and Harper is searing, but Messina, though he’s dutifully put on a mustache and a Southern accent, doesn’t summon the menace required for Whalen, which leaves the rather long play running on two wheels.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
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It was commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1631 to honor his late wife Mumtaz, and artisans from all over the empire, Central Asia, and Iran were summoned.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
25 July 2025
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Are side effects manageable? Coordinating evidence gathering as well as contracts across state Medicaid agencies is likely to yield a more efficient process while improving access for a substantial majority of SCD sufferers nationwide.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.—
Mark Cooper,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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For more than 50 years, the U.S. government has mulled missions to Mars and never mustered the political will to fund one.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2025
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Meanwhile, a Tigers offense that had mustered only 15 runs in eight games since the All-Star break provided Skubal with only a ground-ball single from Rogers for support.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
27 July 2025
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The Quilters meet at 8:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.—
Carin Schoppmeyer,
Arkansas Online,
27 July 2025
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The superintendent and principal also meet monthly with a student advisory committee, and the student body at each school is routinely surveyed for feedback and input, according to the district.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
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If the bill was a mistake, call 1-800-HHS-TIPS to report it.—
Louise Norris,
Verywell Health,
14 Feb. 2023
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Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.—
Emily Baker-White,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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Visitors should also pay attention to what look like lines of dashes converging at the hall's center.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
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Wall Street closed the week higher, with tech-heavy indices notching fresh records as upbeat corporate earnings, resilient macro data and breakthrough trade deals converged to boost risk appetite.—
Benzinga,
Freep.com,
27 July 2025
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For Palmer, then, the Renaissance is not so much a golden age as a glittering illusion—assembled, reassembled, and ultimately undone by the longings of those who came after.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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The data on the lead lines was contained in hundreds of reports assembled by the state’s water utilities and submitted to the Connecticut Department of Public Health, which regulates drinking water safety.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
28 July 2025
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The milestone was preceded by Russian cosmonauts flying with U.S. space shuttle crews and NASA astronauts joining Russian Soyuz crews, as well as a shuttle mission rendezvousing (but not docking) with Mir.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
17 July 2025
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Two Chinese satellites have rendezvoused with one another more than 20,000 miles above the Earth in what analysts believe is the first high-altitude attempt at orbital refueling.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 July 2025
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“Convene.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convene. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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