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 converged
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present perfectof converge.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Officials appear to have converged on a near-term halt in rate reductions, with their debate now centering around what conditions justify further rate cuts -- and how quickly these should take place.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
"Evolution may have converged on this design for a good reason. Our work suggests that architectural designs that are more brain-like put the AI systems in a very advantageous starting point."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2026
The striking thing about Chile’s recent experience is how the extremes have converged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
According to flight tracking site Flightradar24, the two planes were flying parallel to each other 8 miles apart, and were on paths on which they could have converged 11 miles apart,
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
Three overlapping reasons appear to have converged in Adams’s mind and provided decisive direction to a foreign policy that, until then, had been vacillating between the incompatible agendas of the Federalists and the Republicans.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
