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 Music, sports and sneaker culture converged in the street style, showcasing many of the influences that have shaped ComplexCon since its launch. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 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 The PetroCaribe movement soon converged into broader anger over high inflation, kidnappings and the growing reach of armed gangs. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 On Tuesday, the morning after Bonta announced the settlement agreement, protesters converged outside of Paramount Skydance’s Melrose Avenue gate criticizing the deal. — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Washington drove toward goal as the defense converged on her. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026 The search for answers converged with another local fight already underway. — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 Young was knocked down when pitcher Nolan McLean struck him on the head with a knee when the two converged for Justin Crawford's slow grounder in the sixth. — CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converged
  1. gathered
  2. met
  3. assembled
  4. rendezvoused
  5. convened
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  • More than 1,000 people were gathered as more than 50 shots were fired in at least two locations about a block apart in Vienna, Georgia, according to Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Deryck gathered up the platinum blonde lengths and rolled them into two equal portions on either side of Megan's head, pinning and sculpting them to resemble the pointed shape of a cat ear.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • Russian media also reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin observed the drills at the Chebarkul Training Ground on Friday and met foreign military attaches.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Most Read Reviews Appropriately enough for two musicians working at the cutting edge of this underground, Bowery Electric’s Martha Schwendener and Lawrence Chandler met while working at pre-fab master Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of met
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  • Roberts collaborated with renowned flute player Katisse Buckingham, who played jazz flute and Tim Loo, who assembled a group of musicians.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The company describes it as one of the largest datasets of intracortical neural activity assembled to date.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 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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  • So Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson all convened with Zaslav for an emergency meeting and ultimately agreed to serve as advisors who would shepherd the channel’s programming.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The school’s original proposal was among the lowest ranked by the citizen’s task force convened this summer to review two dozen proposals submitted for funding.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of convened

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“Converged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converged. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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