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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
Dorothy's entourage accompanying her through Oz includes the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow, much like Michelle's trek gathers the Kid Cosmo robot, Keats, and the quirky size-swapping 'bot called Herman.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The department gathers nationwide education data, informing policy decisions and identifying achievement gaps.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
The poll gathers responses from over 100,000 people from all around the world.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Its workforce is being slashed in half, and there have been deep cuts to the Office for Civil Rights and the Institute of Education Sciences, which gathers data on the nation’s academic progress.
—Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Bobby catches it in midair, somehow gathers and shoots it from the other side of the rim with the right English (on it).
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
The leaves in the trees are changing color, so the game is played against a backdrop of blue skies, creamy clouds, and kaleidoscopic forest canopies, all of which take on a twilight grandeur as the darkness gathers and the temperature drops.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
The industry, meanwhile, also gathers in numbers at the Forum, which comprises conferences, showcases, pitching sessions and space for distributors to set up shop and meet with the growing number of buyers heading to Lille.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
European defense company shares have soared in recent days as momentum to ramp up spending across the region gathers pace.
—Reuters, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The department gathers nationwide education data, informing policy decisions and identifying achievement gaps.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
The poll gathers responses from over 100,000 people from all around the world.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Its workforce is being slashed in half, and there have been deep cuts to the Office for Civil Rights and the Institute of Education Sciences, which gathers data on the nation’s academic progress.
—Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Bobby catches it in midair, somehow gathers and shoots it from the other side of the rim with the right English (on it).
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
The leaves in the trees are changing color, so the game is played against a backdrop of blue skies, creamy clouds, and kaleidoscopic forest canopies, all of which take on a twilight grandeur as the darkness gathers and the temperature drops.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
The industry, meanwhile, also gathers in numbers at the Forum, which comprises conferences, showcases, pitching sessions and space for distributors to set up shop and meet with the growing number of buyers heading to Lille.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
European defense company shares have soared in recent days as momentum to ramp up spending across the region gathers pace.
—Reuters, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gathers
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Across the Andes in Mendoza, Argentina, winemaker Rodrigo Romero harvests 70-year-old vines for Pascual Toso Alta Cabernet Sauvignon, which is noted for its depth, complexity, and concentration.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
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At that speed, the yacht harvests 138 kilowatts of kinetic energy, which is enough to run the hotel load and charge the batteries without turning on the diesel generators.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2025
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As the group assembles in the Werk Room, Jewels, who won the bottom-two lip-sync against Arrietty, reads her sister's lipstick mirror message, which sends shockwaves through the room.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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To describe this dystopian reality, Clapp assembles a narrative that is part history, part sociology, part horrifying travelogue.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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For Wells Fargo, this is important because the company derives a large part of its revenues from net interest incomes (NII), which are heavily influenced by the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2025
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The money derives from licensing fees from baseball cards, video games and other merchandise.—
Alex Sherman,Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2025
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After allies use Basic ATK or Ultimate to attack enemy targets, every enemy target hit additionally accumulates 3 Grit Value for allies.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Three-way ties are determined by the lowest amount of seed points a team accumulates in its pool play victories.—
Darren Sabedra,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Gibbs will be summonsed to Boston Municipal Court for a litany of charges.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
6 May 2024
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In November 2023, Ivanka Trump was summonsed to the New York State Supreme Court to testify against her father, Donald Trump, in a civil real estate fraud trial.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2024
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Both players were consensus top ten picks early on in the draft process, but now often fall to the teens or early twenties.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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The protagonist picks themselves up again only to ultimately end up in a bad situation.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
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Bowles said his team understands the job in front of it.—
Rick Stroud,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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Over the decades and centuries, the characters whose contemporaries see them as unsound or suspect are, the reader understands, the most in tune with the house’s past.—
Amanda Parrish Morgan,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2024
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Pilate caves and decides to crucify Jesus, whom Christians believe rose from the dead three days later.—
Nathanael Andrade,
The Conversation,
11 Apr. 2025
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Out of the box, the firewall analyzes new programs and decides whether to allow network access.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Gathers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gathers. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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