converged

verb

past tense of converge
as in gathered
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 converged The quarterback’s pocket awareness also impressed, consistently moving up in the pocket as edge rushers converged from the outside. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Two separate entrepreneurial paths ultimately converged around a larger opportunity. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 Two projectors had their images converged on the left brick wall and one covered the right wall. — New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026 Justin Jefferson somehow separated enough from the triple coverage that converged at the apex of his route, leaped to snag the ball with both hands, tapped both feet on the turf, and tumbled backward to put the Vikings in front. — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Musk has converged with Sony’s wide release this weekend of Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, a sequel to The Social Network focused on the dangerous, sordid side of Facebook under founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026 Riot police gathered in side streets as students converged on the school. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 Players converged and the officials ultimately assessed five technical fouls. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 To find the proof for zeta(3), Apéry sandwiched the function between two infinite series that converged at just the right speed to ensure zeta(3) must be irrational. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converged
  1. gathered
  2. met
  3. assembled
  4. rendezvoused
  5. convened
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  • Hundreds of people were gathered inside the warehouse of a steel-fabricating company in north Topeka in a state where Democrats haven't won a Senate race since 1932.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • More than a hundred people had gathered earlier in and around the church for a funeral procession.
    — Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • The Ayers couple met Schubert at a 2023 cold case conference in Marble Falls, Texas, where the idea for the nonprofit took shape.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Brax Technologies The Wink can also wipe your data when a specific condition is met.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of met
Verb
  • Texas ran for 212 yards, and it all but put the game away on the ground until Ole Miss assembled an evening-ending combination of plays that led to a Hail Mary attempt to potentially win it.
    — Mac Engel October 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
  • After a week of respecting the sanctity of spoilers, our critics have assembled to discuss the movie in detail.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembled
Verb
  • According to Treasury, fishing vessels secretly rendezvoused at sea with smaller go-fast boats carrying cocaine north through the eastern Pacific.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Hayabusa2 launched in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the asteroid Ryugu four years later.
    — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 June 2026
Definition of rendezvoused
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  • In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge convened a board to study aviation for national defense.
    — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Early Monday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani convened the press for an announcement.
    — Nicole Gelinas, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of convened

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“Converged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converged. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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