converge
verb (used without object)
to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.
have been converging
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present perfect progressiveof converge.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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This summer war and weather have been converging in strikingly deadly ways.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2023
European leaders have been converging on Africa’s capital cities, eager to find alternatives to Russian natural gas.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Evangelicals have been converging on the massive Abaete dune system for some 25 years but especially lately, with thousands now coming each week to sing, pray and enter trancelike states.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
"Over the past year and a half, two things have been converging," said Erica Armstrong Dunbar, an associate professor of black American studies and history at the University of Delaware.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2016
Hundreds of those fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia have been converging near the train station in the capital, Zagreb.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2015
