as in gathering
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 converging
Despite global tech fragmentation and rivalries, major powers are surprisingly converging on addressing AI's most catastrophic risks.
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Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Zeller said the idea grew out of several converging trends, from the enduring popularity of baking shows to the explosion of baking videos on TikTok and the broader family appeal of food as entertainment.
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Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
26 June 2026
Notably, pay growth for the two roles is increasingly converging.
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Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Next came figuring out how to adjust the entire travel itinerary to accommodate three generations of family members, all converging from different corners of the globe.
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Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
Local soccer enthusiasts will be converging with fans from England, France, Ghana, Haiti, Iraq, Morocco, Norway and Scotland, as Boston Stadium is set to host seven matches, starting Saturday and lasting through July 9.
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Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
The East Ridge rookie shook his man behind the net, battled through converging players to curl out front and scored at the far post.
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Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
9 June 2026
Taken together, these seven projects show that the future of flight is not a single silver bullet, but a portfolio of electric, hybrid, hydrogen, and radically aerodynamic designs converging on the same goal – drastically lower emissions and noise without giving up speed or range.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Zeller said the idea grew out of several converging trends, from the enduring popularity of baking shows to the explosion of baking videos on TikTok and the broader family appeal of food as entertainment.
—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
26 June 2026
Notably, pay growth for the two roles is increasingly converging.
—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Next came figuring out how to adjust the entire travel itinerary to accommodate three generations of family members, all converging from different corners of the globe.
—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
Local soccer enthusiasts will be converging with fans from England, France, Ghana, Haiti, Iraq, Morocco, Norway and Scotland, as Boston Stadium is set to host seven matches, starting Saturday and lasting through July 9.
—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
The East Ridge rookie shook his man behind the net, battled through converging players to curl out front and scored at the far post.
—
Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
9 June 2026
Taken together, these seven projects show that the future of flight is not a single silver bullet, but a portfolio of electric, hybrid, hydrogen, and radically aerodynamic designs converging on the same goal – drastically lower emissions and noise without giving up speed or range.
—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converging
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The intuitive Moon in your 10th House of Career and Status squares information-gathering Mercury in your 7th House of Partnership, pulling leadership choices into relational focus.
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Similar storm-clouds are now gathering around Sánchez, a canny politician known for outwitting his opponents.
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Their lives gradually shift after meeting No Yeong-ju, an optimistic singing instructor played by Im Ji-eun, whose positive outlook encourages both women to confront their past.
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The warning is the second issued by UCSB police since May, when an 18-year-old freshman reported she was raped and strangled after meeting a man at a Sigma Pi fraternity party before returning to her dorm at Tropicana Gardens in Isla Vista.
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Erika Bahr, founder and CEO of Daxe, had spent over a year assembling this coalition, intentionally collapsing the walls between every stakeholder in women’s economic participation into a single room.
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This unique telescope is using the world’s largest digital camera to scan the entire southern sky every few nights, assembling what will become the most lavishly detailed time-lapse of the cosmos humanity has ever envisioned.
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The Semiquincentennial Commission was conjured into being by Congress back in 2016, during that long-ago summer when the Democratic Party was convening in Philadelphia and the succession of one form of representational liberalism to another seemed pretty well secure.
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The shot must still be approved by the FDA and formally recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee, which has been blocked from convening by a federal judge.
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Creators are increasingly viewed as media companies, merging partnerships with content creation.
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Gravitational-wave detectors should find merging black holes and neutron stars from even the most distant parts of the universe.
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All attendees would go through security screening, and congregating in hallways would not be allowed.
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And unlike some of the things that might spread during this event, there’s been a lot of evidence based on what’s happened at other World Cups, Olympic events, any time large numbers of people are congregating.
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