as in to meet
to come together into one body or place
hungry students converged on the cafeteria almost as soon as the class bell rang
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Recent Examples of converge
Critics and officials agree that multiple factors converged to create a historic catastrophe.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 7 July 2025
The concept is elegantly simple yet powerfully effective: transform traditional schools into comprehensive support hubs where education, health care, nutrition, and family services converge in one accessible location.
—Andry Sweet, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2025
But there were several factors that converged to make this storm so deadly — and not all of them had to do with the sheer amount of rain.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 4 July 2025
Photos of flooding around Middle Tennessee Reporters and photographers from across the USA TODAY Network converged to take stock of flooding after the storm.
—Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 7 July 2025
The concept is elegantly simple yet powerfully effective: transform traditional schools into comprehensive support hubs where education, health care, nutrition, and family services converge in one accessible location.
—Andry Sweet, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2025
But there were several factors that converged to make this storm so deadly — and not all of them had to do with the sheer amount of rain.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 4 July 2025
Photos of flooding around Middle Tennessee Reporters and photographers from across the USA TODAY Network converged to take stock of flooding after the storm.
—Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for converge
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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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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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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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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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The New York Times assembled a rail of escape-from-New-York quotes from business leaders.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
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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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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Among their efforts: amping up rebates, tightening rules on the carbon intensity of fuels, and cracking down on pollution where trucks congregate.—
Rambo Talabong,
ArsTechnica,
8 July 2025
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Thus, the beasts have retreated to a narrow equatorial band more reminiscent of their prehistoric environment, and are largely congregating on one remote island off the coast of French Guiana.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2025
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“Converge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converge. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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