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as in to gather
to bring together in one body or place
both captains congregated their team members for some pregame strategizing
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as in to converge
to come together into one body or place
pilgrims have been congregating in the town's historic square for centuries
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Recent Examples of congregate
What’s the best thing about that opportunity to congregate with these other artists?
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
Volunteers and staff will be posted up at specific viewing stations — places where cranes tend to congregate — with scopes for guests to use.
—Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
This is sort of a spray-and-pray approach across several online communities where alumni of a handful of companies tend to congregate and tend to spend time.
—Katie Drummond, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
The 2025 awards season may still be a few weeks from its final hurrah, but it’s already had an impact on the film industry as buyers and sellers prepare to congregate once more at the European Film Market in Berlin.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
Volunteers and staff will be posted up at specific viewing stations — places where cranes tend to congregate — with scopes for guests to use.
—Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
This is sort of a spray-and-pray approach across several online communities where alumni of a handful of companies tend to congregate and tend to spend time.
—Katie Drummond, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
The 2025 awards season may still be a few weeks from its final hurrah, but it’s already had an impact on the film industry as buyers and sellers prepare to congregate once more at the European Film Market in Berlin.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregate
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On Wednesday evening, a small group of parents, students and CTU organizers gathered outside Rufino Tamayo Elementary in Gage Park holding signs and plastic candles to protest the potential closing of the school.—
Ikram Mohamed,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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About 100 technologists, brand managers and executives gathered to hear passionate talk about how artificial intelligence will affect consumer trends.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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This week, the NFL world converges on Indianapolis for the scouting combine, where one of the most fascinating prospects in recent memory will re-enter the spotlight.—
Chad Graff,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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The hallucinations then converge, with all three girls finding themselves in a high-school classroom with Lottie at the board.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Founded in 1955, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum collects, preserves and exhibits a collection of Western art and artifacts while sponsoring educational programs to stimulate interest in the legacy of the American West.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
26 Feb. 2025
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Stillman, Gunther and Connor Brady each collected 2 hits for Trinity Prep.—
Robert Clark,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2025
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The school’s small class sizes allow for highly individualized attention, ensuring that each child’s unique learning style and academic needs are met.—
Hilary Tetenbaum,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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There were merely four movies from the Eighties and Nineties, which met varying degrees of success, about karate in the Valley, a wise sensei who died 2005, and a group of teenagers who were now in their fifties.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2025
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The backpack had been left behind by a teen hiker who had to be rescued more than a month earlier after getting lost near the same location, according to Paul and the teenager who assembled the supplies.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Rather, homemade bombs assembled by Lan Xin Yan (Qui Jie), whose brother died in the robbery, escalates the tension.—
Robert Daniels,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Amid the flurry of diplomatic activity, French President Emmanuel Macron convened a meeting of European heads of government in Paris on Monday ahead of the U.S.-Russia talks.—
Chris Boccia,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Should Pope Francis step down due to health concerns, a papal conclave would be convened to elect a new pope.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Since then, she's amassed over 10 million followers on TikTok, which led to her TLC show Baylen Out Loud, which premiered on Jan. 13.—
Athena Sobhan,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Connecticut amassed its pension debt across seven decades of improper savings, ranging from 1939 through 2010, according to a 2015 study by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2025
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SpaceX has yet to conduct a mission to orbit or test out how Starship will rendezvous with another vehicle for refueling in space, a maneuver the company must perfect to supply the vehicle with enough fuel to get to the moon.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
15 Jan. 2025
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That night, when Noor rendezvoused with Peter, Catherine Rose in their secret meeting place, Sami called with the bad news, before boarding a plane with the mother.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
24 Jan. 2025
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