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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
While young people have some places to congregate, Luna said there aren’t as many for middle-aged folks.
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
General managers, coaches and scouts for the 32 teams are congregating at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the annual NFL Scouting Combine to watch and meet the 329 prospects who were invited this year.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
Everyone enjoyed congregating over cocktails at the iconic Peacock Alley Bar.
Because of the thoughtful restoration from renowned architects at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and the interior design by Pierre-Yves Rochon, the 375-room beauty will retain its former magic.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
But Axios wants our content where smart, curious readers congregate — and X is inarguably the top platform for tens of millions of them.
—Jim Vandehei, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
General managers, coaches and scouts for the 32 teams are congregating at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the annual NFL Scouting Combine to watch and meet the 329 prospects who were invited this year.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
Everyone enjoyed congregating over cocktails at the iconic Peacock Alley Bar.
Because of the thoughtful restoration from renowned architects at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and the interior design by Pierre-Yves Rochon, the 375-room beauty will retain its former magic.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
But Axios wants our content where smart, curious readers congregate — and X is inarguably the top platform for tens of millions of them.
—Jim Vandehei, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregate
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That will give the company enough satellites to gather data from around the world every 40 to 60 minutes, Elkabetz said, enabling timely updates to its weather forecasting AI.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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This context, along with the documentation her lawyer gathered, which included interviews with her siblings showing how her imprisonment had impacted them, was enough for a judge to grant her release from prison.—
Nathaly Triana,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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As Emily continues to investigate the Zhang siblings’ work, their lives converge to devastating effect in the Zhang family dim sum restaurant.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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Artists, tastemakers and executives converged in Kingston, Jamaica February 19 through 23, 2025 for the third annual Island Music Conference (IMC).—
Janeé Bolden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025
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Wilson, 49, was found dead the next day, but Jones could not be located, even as his wallet, shoes and other personal belongings were collected.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
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The prompts, the answers, and the logical reasoning traces are captured or collected into a file or database.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Avs looking forward Colorado Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland met with local media earlier this week and hinted captain Gabriel Landeskog likely wasn’t coming back before the end of the regular season.—
Pierre LeBrun,
The Athletic,
5 Mar. 2025
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Patrick voiced his thoughts on X on Friday after meeting with the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.—
Peter Burke,
Fox News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Eventually, Nick Cannon, Fredro Starr, and the crew assembled their top five in order.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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While fewer people watch the broadcast networks’ evening newscasts than the group that assembled to see past anchors like Walter Cronkite or Tom Brokaw, the shows still attract a sizable crowd.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2025
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All seven convened in Lausanne, Switzerland at the end of January to make a 15-minute pitch directly to the voting membership, then had 10 minutes to expand on their platforms and answer questions from reporters.—
Blythe Lawrence,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The students applied for a nomination from Peters’ office in the fall and were selected after an interview process with the Service Academy Nominations Board that Peters’ office convened.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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TikTok Users Reacts Annie's efforts with Baloo quickly touched people's hearts and as of Wednesday, the TikTok video amassed over 1.7 million views, 57,300 likes and 1,221 comments.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Over recent weeks in this space, pitch grades have been assigned to each qualifying pitch within the arsenal of each starter who amassed 135 or more innings in 2024.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Reportedly ‘Isn’t Thinking About’ Ex Tom Brady and Irina Shayk’s Romance What London rendezvous?—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
22 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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