gathering
noun
, ˈga-t͟hə-\
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Synonyms
assemblage, assembly, conference, congregation, convocation, ingathering, meeting, muster
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Community Services Director Marie Knight said a formal decision regarding the center’s future won’t be made anytime soon, as city officials are still in the information-gathering phase. — Priscella Vega, Daily Pilot, "H.B. police chief: Rodgers Seniors’ Center could be officers’ temporary home during HQ modernization project," 16 Aug. 2019 Is this because of an increase in its gathering of material? — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Astronomers spot 'unprecedented' bright flashes in our galaxy's black hole," 13 Aug. 2019 Then, citizens needed a year to collect the roughly 20,000 signatures to complete the first round of signature-gathering, news accounts show. — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, "Recall Dunleavy group says it has collected over 18,000 signatures in a week," 9 Aug. 2019 She was known for portraying the simple pleasures of rural America—family gatherings, holiday meals, the goings-on of the country store—with thoughtful and sincere detail. — Melissa Hendrickson, Smithsonian, "How American Brewers Employed Fine Art to Sell Beer," 6 Aug. 2019 Through data-driven information-gathering, the experts know where the violence persists, where gang members loiter, where mental health services are nonexistent, where foreclosures abound, where schools are underperforming, where violence is life. — Kristen Mcqueary, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Now in charge, Pritzker, Lightfoot on the hot seat for Chicago violence," 5 Aug. 2019 Musk touted Tesla's superior computer power and data-gathering as a better way of making self-driving cars than virtually every other of the more than 60 companies in the U.S. working toward the same goal. — Tom Krisher, Detroit Free Press, "GM's Cruise delays autonomous ride service beyond 2019," 24 July 2019 Upon identifying the plan as a U.S. electronic intelligence gathering aircraft, the fighter jet escorted it from the region, Venezuelan authorities said, adding that there have been 76 such incidents this year. — CBS News, "Video shows Venezuela jet "aggressively shadowed" U.S. intelligence plane, Pentagon says," 22 July 2019 In other types of BGP attacks, seemingly like the one on European telecoms earlier this month, an attacker can strategically reroute traffic for surveillance or intelligence-gathering. — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, "The Infrastructure Mess Causing Countless Internet Outages," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gathering.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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