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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
convene .
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Examples
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In an e-mail to students Sunday evening, Yale College Dean Mary Miller said she and University President Richard Levin convened with college masters, deans, administrators and members of the General Counsel to "decide on next steps."
Yale May Launch Formal Investigation Into Party Raid Yale Daily News 2010
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In an e-mail to students Sunday evening, Yale College Dean Mary Miller said she and University President Richard Levin convened with college masters, deans, administrators and members of the General Counsel to "decide on next steps."
Yale May Launch Formal Investigation Into Party Raid The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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In an e-mail to students Sunday evening, Yale College Dean Mary Miller said she and University President Richard Levin convened with college masters, deans, administrators and members of the General Counsel to "decide on next steps."
Yale May Launch Formal Investigation Into Party Raid Yale Daily News 2010
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In early October, Dr. Marie Jahoda and Dr. Seider Chein convened a meeting with Dr. Raths to confront him with the methodological flaws in his study.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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Taking a page from Mr. Chávez's book, Mr. Correa early in his first term convened a constitutional assembly to rewrite some of Ecuador's political rules.
Ecuador's Correa Poised to Win Second Presidential Term 2009
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That this was the council which Herod now convened is most probable, from the solemnity of the occasion; for though the elders are not mentioned, we find a similar omission where all three were certainly meant (compare Mt 26: 59; 27: 1).
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Christ Church, some of those who were present as wedding guests were again convened to tender the last offices to the brilliant and popular
Oldtown Folks 1869
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Blaine admitted -- in what he thought was a "confidential" company-wide conference call convened to explain the attempted Hart takeover to employees after they'd read the news on The BRAD BLOG -- that the company hadn't actually acquired the the IP from Smartmatic in their deal.
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Still, Fed officials agreed on the emergency move during a videoconference call convened hastily Monday evening by Mr. Bernanke.
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On a call convened that evening by Mr. Bernanke, most FOMC members "judged that an immediate reduction in the federal-funds rate was called for to begin aligning [it] with a weakening economic situation."
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