congregated

verb

Definition of congregatednext
past tense of congregate
1
as in gathered
to bring together in one body or place both captains congregated their team members for some pregame strategizing

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2
as in converged
to come together into one body or place pilgrims have been congregating in the town's historic square for centuries

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  1. gathered
  2. converged
  3. assembled
  4. convened
  5. corralled
  6. amassed
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  • The largest audience, nearly 100,000 people, gathered at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in February 2024.
    William Arruda, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As art curators and tastemakers gathered at a grazing station chock full of food from Lev NYC and enjoyed glasses of Moët & Chandon, Martin, the founder of maximalist fashion and lifestyle brand La DoubleJ, was doing the rounds.
    Freya Drohan, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • From across France, itinerant glassblowers, masons and carpenters — hewers, who squared the timbers, joiners, who fit beams together — converged on Paris.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The Red Sea International Film Festival has officially kicked off its fourth edition as A-listers and international auteurs converged in Jeddah’s old town of Al-Balad in Saudi Arabia’s second-largest city for a decidedly glamorous opening ceremony.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of converged
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  • The filmmakers assembled an unprecedented data base of Kahlo’s writings, collected from sources around the globe.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Many ghost guns are homemade, typically 3D printed or assembled from kits that can be easily purchased online.
    Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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  • On Tuesday, Macron convened a meeting of the main parties (but no far left or far-right), the aim being to form a government in the national interest (the trade-off might be a less rigorous budget).
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In a rare moment of unity, world leaders convened on Saturday to attend the ceremonial reopening of the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in France.
    Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2024
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  • Rotating teams of skilled artisans corralled over six million tons of stone to bury the king and his belongings in a perfect pyramid, using only rudimentary tools.
    Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Prieto corralled the loose ball and took it all the way to the end zone for an interception return touchdown.
    Staff Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
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  • And yet during that time, Posen had amassed an enormous amount of experience.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In last Sunday’s 38-13 victory over the Chicago Bears, the 49ers amassed seven sacks.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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