CONGLOMERATING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

conglomerating

verb

present participle of conglomerate

as in gathering

to come together into one body or place people conglomerated in the downtown streets for an impromptu victory celebration

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as in accumulating

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass over the years the town's discarded junk conglomerated at the bottom of the river

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Recent Examples of conglomerating The quickly conglomerating media industry led Henson to consider corporate partnerships to assist with his goal of further expanding the Muppet media universe. — Jared Bahir Browsh, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026

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Verb

Detectives are working to identify people involved and gathering statements from witnesses, Gonzalez said.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
Summer temperatures are expected to last into October, and El Niño is currently gathering strength in the Pacific.

— Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of gathering

Verb

The continent is releasing higher levels of mercury into the ocean and marine ecosystem because of climate change, and the toxic metal is accumulating in the region’s wildlife, causing health problems in the food chain.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 25 Aug. 2026
This policy may be funded over a period aligned with the mortgage term, while accumulating cash value.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of accumulating

Verb

But detectives were able to create a montage from nearby traffic and surveillance cameras that showed both Sellars and Wathrust converging on the spot — Sellars walking and Walthrust driving — where Wathrust was found shot multiple times in his car.

— Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Three converging trends explain why the home is where this story will be won or lost, and why the industry serving it needs to innovate and adapt at speed.

— Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of converging

Verb

Before Monday, Eldridge had played first base in each of the Giants’ last 11 games, committing just one error and collecting nine assists.

— Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
The center of excellence focused on institutionalizing best practices, training service members and collecting data on civilian harm.

— Megan Rose, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of collecting

Verb

The team highlighted that the NSWC Corona controls and ships gages to the defense industrial base partners responsible for manufacturing and assembling the Trident missile.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
After heeding the call for volunteers and spent the next year assembling a team of family and students to capture the Great American Eclipse of 2024.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of assembling

Verb

Willy Kurniawan | Reuters Indonesia may have trouble meeting its economic-growth goals for the coming year, after spending 2026 on the defensive amid questions about fiscal outlays and the prospects of a downgrade from MSCI.

— Celestine Iyer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
The film’s audition introduced Hale to her future costar and now-husband Massagli, who recalled meeting her for the first time in a joint interview with Inside Edition in 2021.

— Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of meeting

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Sacramento was crawling Saturday as crowds packed Bugtopia, winding between tables and clustering around displays with the restless motion of a human-sized ant colony.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Rockstar has a track record of clustering major beats around its parent company’s reporting dates, and a trailer ahead of that call would give the company’s brass something to point at as a symbol of unquestionable success.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of clustering

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Video from Reuters showed worshippers congregating near the ruins of the community hub in the Tequendama neighborhood.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Out of fear of lost revenue, the two allegedly hatched a plan to use mothballs to deter birds from congregating on the beach behind their businesses, authorities said.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

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