concentering

verb

present participle of concenter
1
as in consolidating
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control you'll have to concenter your nebulous thoughts on the subject before even attempting to write

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2
as in gathering
to come together into one body or place most of the local motels have concentered around the theme park, which is the region's biggest attraction by far

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentering
  1. consolidating
  2. gathering
  3. concentrating
  4. meeting
  5. integrating
  6. converging
  7. merging
  8. assembling
Verb
  • Implementing this model is more beneficial to communities than closing or consolidating schools.
    — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Advertising revenue is moving toward digital while pubcasters face tighter government budgets and the streamers themselves are consolidating and retrenching.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of consolidating
Verb
  • Students are gathering and blocking access near the School of Political Science, while other students are joining the high school student protest movement and the blockades at high schools in Paris, Ile-de-France, France, on October 7, 2026.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Even as researchers explore what's causing the problem, momentum is gathering among policymakers from both parties to crack down on social media companies.
    — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of gathering
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  • For decades, organizations have focused primarily on managing PFAS—capturing it, concentrating it and transporting it elsewhere for disposal or destruction.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Market actors can innovate more freely, concentrating risk locally while allowing the state to disavow consequences should those experiments fail.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of concentrating
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  • Her knowledge of the scene here is truly phenomenal, and her passion for eating out, her home city, and meeting new people is fantastically infectious.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement One person described meeting a woman on a train and spending an amazing train ride together.
    — Vanessa Bohns, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of meeting
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  • By then, Meta had begun integrating Manus' team and technology into its own.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The message comes following Tuesday morning’s memo from David Ellison, chairman and CEO, and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, which acknowledged that layoffs will be part of the process of integrating the two companies.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of integrating
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  • Dietitians, dermatology-adjacent brands and primary care clinicians are converging on the same message.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • These climate-health challenges are converging with broader demographic and social trends.
    — Mitch New, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of converging
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  • His hire comes a week after Deadline revealed Stewart was among those that had exited Banijay Rights in a shakeup that followed Banijay Entertainment merging with All3Media.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Mass Appeal and Whatnot are merging hip-hop, comics, art, fashion, sports and collectibles at this year’s New York City Comic Con.
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of merging
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  • Mark Zuckerberg is also establishing a family compound Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is worth $261 billion, has also been assembling a family compound in Palo Alto one house at a time.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The new leadership team that Skydance is assembling under the direction of Ellison and Ynon Kreiz, just recruited from Mattel to serve as co-CEO, has to navigate that dynamic.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembling
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“Concentering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentering. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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