as in confluence
the coming together of two or more things to the same point
the convergence of the city's major arteries on a single rotary
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Recent Examples of convergence
In west Africa this causes the inter-tropical convergence zone—where moist air from the south meets dry air from the north—to migrate from the Sahel towards the Gulf of Guinea.
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Christophe Lavaysse, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2025
Envisioning The Future Of Agriculture The convergence of GenAI and autonomous robotics heralds a new era—not only in agriculture, but also in logistics, construction, mining and any domain where the physical world is unpredictable and often dangerous for humans.
—Ashutosh Saxena, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The unlikely convergence of the three notorious inmates in the same prison is part of what inspired the musical in the first place, creators Nova Bradford, Caleb Zeringue and Arielle Johnson told the San Francisco Chronicle.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
The convergence of these events has given me a unique perspective on leadership, resilience, and the true meaning of liberation.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Christophe Lavaysse, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2025
Envisioning The Future Of Agriculture The convergence of GenAI and autonomous robotics heralds a new era—not only in agriculture, but also in logistics, construction, mining and any domain where the physical world is unpredictable and often dangerous for humans.
—Ashutosh Saxena, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The unlikely convergence of the three notorious inmates in the same prison is part of what inspired the musical in the first place, creators Nova Bradford, Caleb Zeringue and Arielle Johnson told the San Francisco Chronicle.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
The convergence of these events has given me a unique perspective on leadership, resilience, and the true meaning of liberation.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convergence
Noun
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The social self of centuries, formed at the confluence of region, class, caste and tribe, was still strong in me.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Kasane’s airport in northeast Botswana (at the confluence of four countries: Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe) is the gateway to this park.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Hudson said Wednesday in his letter to Gilmore and Eaves that the decline compared with fiscal 2024 is expected largely due to a combination of two factors.—
Michael R. Wickline,
Arkansas Online,
22 May 2025
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Its ascent was driven by a combination of factors including easing trade tension between the United States and China and Moody's downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt which has prompted investors to seek alternative investment sources to the dollar.—
Samuel Indyk,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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“Convergence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convergence. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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