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as in collects
to bring together in one body or place
he gathered the leftovers from the table and gave them to the dog let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recess
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as in harvests
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winter
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as in assembles
to come together into one body or place
a crowd gathered around the street musician ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meeting
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as in derives
to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
I gather that, since you are back so early, she didn't want to see you?
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as in accumulates
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
the newspapers that had been allowed to gather on the front doorstep told thieves that the family was away on vacation
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as in gains
to gradually increase in
the movement gathered force as election day neared
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Recent Examples of gathers
That space flows into a media room, where the family gathers to read and watch TV.
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Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Thereis a small walking group that gathers to do laps inside the mall, Cordon said.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
The study, which was done in living yeast cells and human cell lines, illustrates how proteins act collectively by forming a crystal that gathers caspases together to activate the cell death program and enable the cell to make a rapid life-or-death decision.
—Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
Just as a person’s nervous system constantly sends information from all parts of the body to the brain, our planetary nervous system gathers observations from all over the Earth and sends them to our AI brain.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
On the weekends, the real fun happens on the beach when the group gathers to surf spots like Torrey Pines State Beach.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
The Department of Public Instruction routinely gathers and publishes data on other potential signs of student harm, such as how often students are chronically absent, experience homelessness or feel unsafe at school — but not the frequency of educator misconduct.
—Danielle Duclos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Waze, also owned by Google, gathers anonymized driving data to enhance community reporting.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Whatever the state gathers—whether the innocuous, the personal, or the intensely political—could in turn be used for arrests, detentions, fines, disappearances, and much worse.
—Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Thereis a small walking group that gathers to do laps inside the mall, Cordon said.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
The study, which was done in living yeast cells and human cell lines, illustrates how proteins act collectively by forming a crystal that gathers caspases together to activate the cell death program and enable the cell to make a rapid life-or-death decision.
—Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
Just as a person’s nervous system constantly sends information from all parts of the body to the brain, our planetary nervous system gathers observations from all over the Earth and sends them to our AI brain.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
On the weekends, the real fun happens on the beach when the group gathers to surf spots like Torrey Pines State Beach.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
The Department of Public Instruction routinely gathers and publishes data on other potential signs of student harm, such as how often students are chronically absent, experience homelessness or feel unsafe at school — but not the frequency of educator misconduct.
—Danielle Duclos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Waze, also owned by Google, gathers anonymized driving data to enhance community reporting.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Whatever the state gathers—whether the innocuous, the personal, or the intensely political—could in turn be used for arrests, detentions, fines, disappearances, and much worse.
—Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gathers
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Commercial company HawkEye 360 collects and processes radio frequency data from its constellation of satellites using advanced algorithms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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More than just a battery, the smart technology manages the home’s energy use throughout the day, accounts for changes in the weather and collects extra energy while the sun is out to power the home during overcast periods and through each night.—
Ryan Ballogg,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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The novel solution is a compact, top-like device that harvests kinetic energy from waves and vessel movements.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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Volunteers are needed to help Senior Gleaners of San Diego County, a volunteer group that harvests surplus fruit and vegetables from gardens and fields to donate to local nonprofits helping people in need.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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The country now assembles reactors in just five to six years, twice as fast as Western nations.—
Brad Plumer,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2025
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Those inevitable challenges could influence how Vitello assembles his coaching staff in the coming days and weeks.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Paradoxically, France derives fully 70% of its electricity from nuclear energy, due its long-standing policy based on energy security.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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After the Christmas festivities conclude, Aruba’s attentions turn to Dande, a tradition whose name derives from the word for to wander in Papiamento, the Creole language that spans the ABC islands of the southern Caribbean.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
20 Oct. 2025
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Avoid spots where water accumulates.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
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And in most baseline agent configurations, that data accumulates.—
Keivan Navaie,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Oct. 2025
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If Florida State strikes out at landing a potential big fish, don't be surprised if Golesh gains some traction in Tallahassee.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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As new friendships form and Adam gains a healthy perspective, his reporting changes.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Sometimes the end almost reframes and summons everything that was going on at the beginning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Thrown into crisis, King Gwanghae summons Heo Gyun based on clues left behind and questions him about Hong Gildong’s identity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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Anne’s trip to the countryside opens up the series both physically and thematically by acknowledging that Irish life and history exist outside Dublin and that while the Guinness family amasses power and plays at politics, others are living a much different existence.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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