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as in assembly
a body of people come together in one place
the first speaker to address the convocation
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as in meeting
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
called for a national convocation of both the clergy and the laity to discuss the crisis in the church
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Recent Examples of convocation
UofA's 2025 Adalberto and Ana Guerrero Student Center graduation celebration was called a convocation on the university's website as recently as Feb. 21, per the Wayback Machine web archive.
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Jessica Boehm, Axios, 6 Mar. 2025
Many other web pages related to DEI were removed, including websites on convocation ceremonies, which previously served as small graduation ceremonies for students with different cultural and identity backgrounds.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 4 Mar. 2025
In 2016, he was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the 7th convocation from United Russia, Putin's ruling party, representing the Republic of Dagestan.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
The convocation will take place virtually on the organizers' Facebook page.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 15 Jan. 2024
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Jessica Boehm, Axios, 6 Mar. 2025
Many other web pages related to DEI were removed, including websites on convocation ceremonies, which previously served as small graduation ceremonies for students with different cultural and identity backgrounds.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 4 Mar. 2025
In 2016, he was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the 7th convocation from United Russia, Putin's ruling party, representing the Republic of Dagestan.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
The convocation will take place virtually on the organizers' Facebook page.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 15 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convocation
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The ProMaster is a versatile commercial front wheel drive cargo or passenger van built in the Saltillo, Mexico assembly plant, and sold in North America by RAM.—
Tony Leopardo,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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Hamoud Jumaa, a member of the national assembly of Tanzania and a CCM leader, speaking to Newsweek, responded to opposition allegations.—
Danish Manzoor Bhat,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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There’s a post-match debrief as well as a meeting about the next opponents.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Video posted by the former Cambodian leader shows Chen standing alongside Hun Sen in 2022 during a meeting of investors.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The fund has been used for costs like student pay, conference fees and other operation costs, according to the donation page.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
27 Oct. 2025
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Mainly, this conference is just being dominated by longtime football juggernauts Ohio State, Oregon and … Indiana.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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This multi-day gathering invites spiritual leaders, renowned scholars and creative thinkers from around the world to engage in a thoughtful and insightful dialogue on pressing social issues.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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At last month’s Earl Scruggs Music Festival, the Wood Brothers might have seemed a tad out of left field for a gathering dedicated to the late bluegrass picker.—
Garret K. Woodward,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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Over several years, Spiro and his wife, Arabella, have worked with Parisian gallerist Lucas Ratton to build their African tribal-art assemblage.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
19 Oct. 2025
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In it, the director gives us an assemblage of missing pieces from a Zodiac documentary he was commissioned to make, but which ultimately fell through.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Convocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convocation. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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