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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
In recent months, Pedro has led the charge in restructuring contracts with homeless providers, scaling back resources to congregate housing shelters and focusing on building interim housing micro-communities.
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Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
The community also tends to congregate together, with half of the population concentrated in just a few cities: Hollywood, Hallandale Beach, Davie and Parkland.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2025
Feeding them encourages them to congregate in those parks.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Another article from that year documented how Cudahy Park was a popular haunt for 18th Streeters, who poured in from various municipalities to congregate, initiate recruits, and hold meetings.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2025
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Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
The community also tends to congregate together, with half of the population concentrated in just a few cities: Hollywood, Hallandale Beach, Davie and Parkland.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2025
Feeding them encourages them to congregate in those parks.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Another article from that year documented how Cudahy Park was a popular haunt for 18th Streeters, who poured in from various municipalities to congregate, initiate recruits, and hold meetings.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregate
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Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.—
Mark Cooper,
New York Times,
21 July 2025
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To find out, McCleery and his colleague Chris Dutton gathered 40 toy rabbits and replaced their stuffing with electrical components that run on solar power.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 July 2025
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In April, 2,000 delegates converged for a multi-day Global AI Summit for Africa, which could be a turning point for Africa’s AI future.—
Jennifer Lotito,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The deluge resulted from heavy rainfall when storms converged with the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry.—
Laura Doan,
CBS News,
10 July 2025
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Simply put, the world number one golfer just doesn’t seem to be slowing down, collecting yet another major and doing what any father would want in those happiest of moments.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
20 July 2025
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The microphones recorded audio from dusk to dawn, day after day, week after week, collecting thousands of hours of audio during the frog's winter mating season.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
19 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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In an exclusive clip that debuted at the Outlander: Blood of My Blood panel at Comic-Con, Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy) and Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) meet in secret at a bridge in the Highlands.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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The Fit Bounce Pro II arrives fully assembled, folds up easily for storage, and comes with a detachable handlebar for added stability.—
Jordan Galloway,
SELF,
15 July 2025
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More than a hundred drones were smuggled into Russia in pieces and assembled there.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The Texas Legislature is convening for a 30-day special session beginning Monday, and Abbott has added improvements to early warning systems and emergency communications to the agenda.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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The 119th Congress, which convened on January 3, 2025, for the end of former President Joe Biden's presidency and will conclude in January 2027, is, like any other Congress, important in advancing legislation that affects the lives of the American people in all manner of ways.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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But the clip quickly went viral, amassing over 6.5 million views and thousands of comments.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Nielsen figures for January to June show the series has amassed 25.06 billion minutes of viewing this year — which puts it on a similar pace to last year’s total of 55.62 billion minutes.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
14 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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“Congregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregate. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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