come together

verb

came together; come together; coming together; comes together
1
: to join or meet
the place where two rivers come together
2
: to form a group
People from many different areas have come together to try to find a solution.
3
: to begin to work or proceed in the desired way
The project started slowly, but everything is finally starting to come together now.

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Over in the post-production room, one of the clearest examples of that evolving creative process came in during the edits and music supervision, where even individual sequences were still finding their identity as the show came together. — Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026 Iran and Oman have been in talks for weeks on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and the agreement coming together would deliver a huge geopolitical win for Tehran. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 The flaky, buttery dough comes together easily in a food processor and is rolled out and crimped into a free-form round. — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026 Wednesday night, about 75 agencies from police to community groups, the mayor's office and district attorney's office came together for the One Downtown Task Force's public safety working session. — Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for come together

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