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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converged
  1. gathered
  2. met
  3. assembled
  4. rendezvoused
  5. convened
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  • Researchers gathered data on students’ mental well-being before and after the intervention in March.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In Paris, hundreds of protesters gathered again on Sunday at the Place de la République amid a heavy police presence.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of gathered
Verb
  • In Oxford, Archer met Mary Weeden, a chemistry student who became his wife in 1966.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Fewer than half of students met or exceeded state standards in English language arts and math, and many Sacramento-area schools were no exception.
    — Chaewon Chung October 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of met
Verb
  • Seth Wickersham, a top sports journalist with ESPN in Bristol for over 25 years, has assembled his best work into a nearly 500-page paperback collection.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The industrialist Vincent Bolloré has assembled a vast media empire that includes CNews, a Fox News-style channel that has become an important platform for the nationalist right.
    — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 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
Verb
  • Nadella recalled a meeting around 2008–09, convened by then-chairman Bill Gates, to review a potential acquisition involving a team working on parallel data warehousing.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • But by 1965, when Johnson convened a committee to study the issue, half of those buildings had been either destroyed or damaged beyond repair.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of convened

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“Converged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converged. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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