- present participle of gather.
gathering
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Police say they have denied permission for the gathering and all roads leading to Jantar Mantar, the main protest venue, have been closed with huge metal barricades.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
A new round of protests was under way Thursday, including a large gathering at Place de la Bastille, the site of the prison that was stormed and torn down in the French Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Federal Reserve officials showed no desire to engineer a series of interest-rate hikes at their policy meeting in September, according to minutes of the gathering that were released Wednesday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Electrons belong to a group of particles called fermions, and quantum mechanics prevents fermions from gathering in the same state.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
“I’m gathering you land more on the quiet side of things,” Jackson said.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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The case returned to Belfast's Court of Appeal after UK government-led talks ended last week without agreement and rival gatherings in Portadown at the weekend passed without major incident.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Through the then-recently established Bradford Heritage Recording Unit, he began photographing the city's South Asian communities at work, at religious gatherings, at weddings and in their social lives.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Over the last few years, slide decks have shown up at house parties, matchmaking events and even in bars at gatherings like Lectures on Tap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The book’s final chapter mingles recollections of past activist gatherings with advice to others on organizing gatherings of their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Nobody let their children go to Aunt Carrie’s gatherings after that, but she kept letting everybody know what happened to the excrement at her house.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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