FORGATHERED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

forgathered

verb

variants or foregathered

past tense of forgather

as in gathered

to come together into one body or place asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony

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The community gathered to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary.

— Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
Mourners gathered in Islamic Revolution Square for Khamenei's funeral procession chant slogans Monday.

— Marc Smith, NBC news, 6 July 2026

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The grand jury met in Oakland on July 2, according to the documents, which were signed by a federal prosecutor.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Crutsinger was released from the hospital Thursday and was met by friends, family and members of the Ponder ISD community.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026

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By Monday evening, the wildfires had converged into one and consumed 15,888 acres with no containment, according to San Juan Incident Management Team Eight, which is leading the fire response.

— Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 30 June 2026
Hanson has long tried to dismantle the crown jewel of Howard’s legacy—yet after Australia’s worst mass shooting since Port Arthur, her rhetoric and Howard’s converged.

— Oscar Schwartz, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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Dondi assembled a small but mighty team and established swim lanes.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Luke Gennaro of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry said the exhibit was assembled on short notice after volunteers scrambled to secure donations from businesses across the state.

— Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 July 2026

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Hayabusa2 launched in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the asteroid Ryugu four years later.

— Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 June 2026
The Japanese space agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched its Hayabusa2 mission in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the near-Earth C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu in June 2018.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025

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Kehoe, for example, recently convened a forum promoting the industry’s growth and his administration has pursued large-scale data center projects, including in Kansas City.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Following the Declaration of Independence, the Constitutional Convention convened in 1787 in Philadelphia.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 1 July 2026

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