CONVERGING Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

converging

verb

present participle of converge

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 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 Strategists warn that rock-bottom volatility, fresh stock market all-time highs and unresolved geopolitical risks are converging just as markets enter the historically stormy mid-August-to-mid-October stretch. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 The routing on the back of the machine is somewhat similar to that of other AMS-style units, with four PTFE tubes converging into one. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026 Currently, over 90% of Europe–Asia data and telecommunications traffic flows through Egypt and the subsea cable corridors converging at the Red Sea and Suez Canal region. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026 There is a constant sense of movement, of visions and voices converging, diverging, allowing gaps and silences, but also a sense of subterranean connectedness. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 All three brands are converging on the Matter interoperability standard, which is quietly collapsing what used to be the industry’s biggest selling point. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026 Why couch fabric pilling happens on bouclé Three forces are converging. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

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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

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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

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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

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The Jackson County District Attorney's office has previously said convening a grand jury does not mean there is any criminality and is standard procedure for most unnatural or suspicious deaths in the county.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
The Academy is convening its full Board and Awards & Nominations Committee to work with members of and leaders from this community to seek further advice on the category, as well as its process for introducing new categories and awards.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of convening

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Paramount’s affirmative case is that merging Paramount+ and HBO Max would create a streaming business with the scale to compete with Netflix, Disney and Amazon.

— Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Kavanaugh-Jones previously worked as a film finance agent at CAA before launching Automatik and then merging with Range in 2023.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of merging

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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

Definition of congregating

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