gathering
an assembly or meeting.
an assemblage of people; group or crowd.
a collection, assemblage, or compilation of anything.
the act of a person or thing that gathers.
something that is gathered together.
an inflamed and suppurating swelling.
(in a flue, duct, or the like) a tapered section forming a transition between two sections, one of which has a greater area than the other.
Bookbinding. a section in a book, usually a sheet cut into several leaves.
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Screenshots of the gatherings shared with VOSD show some uncovered faces in close proximity.
School Sports Became ‘Clubs’ Amid the Pandemic – Now Two Coaches Are Out | Ashly McGlone | September 17, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoWhen he first visited Kyiv in November 2018, he told a gathering of businessmen about a complex way to get American gas to Europe.
Rick Perry’s Ukrainian Dream | by Simon Shuster, TIME, and Ilya Marritz, WNYC | September 10, 2020 | ProPublicaHong Kong is currently easing restrictions on public gatherings that it imposed five weeks ago amid the third spike in cases.
Hong Kong’s citywide COVID-19 testing has become a barometer of public trust | eamonbarrett | September 9, 2020 | FortuneIt can say that for example, a large gathering of people is a public safety issue because people may get injured.
Podcast: How a 135-year-old law lets India shutdown the internet | Anthony Green | September 2, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewMore generally, though, the protest was notable for participants’ refusal to wear masks—a decision that led Berlin’s authorities to announce Tuesday that masks would be obligatory in all open-air gatherings of more than 100 people.
Five days is long enough for a coronavirus quarantine, says Germany’s top virologist | David Meyer | September 2, 2020 | Fortune
The St. Thomas gathering happened around 2005, according to Krauss.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking | M.L. Nestel | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe gathering of the thousands of cops had been a soul-stirring sight.
Choking Back Tears, Thousands of Cops Honor Fallen Officer Ramos | Michael Daly | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is not about gathering intelligence or expanding surveillance.
What the U.S. Can Learn from Europe About Dealing with Terrorists | Scott Beauchamp | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBashing commercialism at a commercial gathering would be ridiculous.
Sneer and Clothing in Miami: Inside The $3 Billion Woodstock of Contemporary Art | Jay Michaelson | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs I was gathering my things to go, the president suggested we take a few pictures together.
From Auschwitz to the White House: One Tailor’s American Tale | Martin Greenfield | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe gasped a few times, then, gathering strength again, went on with that horrible spasmodic recitation.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairChildren freshly befurbelowed, were gathering for their games under the oaks.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinWalker had painted a picture he called "Spring," a young girl gathering primroses in a wood.
He annually has a gathering of distinguished farmers and others to inspect his estate and see how his "book farming" gets on.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyAnd gathering up Stéphanie like a bunch of snowdrops, the yellow, galvanized iron old lady swept out of the room.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for gathering
/ (ˈɡæðərɪŋ) /
a group of people, things, etc, that are gathered together; assembly
sewing a gather or series of gathers in material
the formation of pus in a boil
the pus so formed
printing an informal name for section (def. 17)
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