as in organized
to assemble and make ready for action
we are prepared to mobilize the troops on very short notice
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of mobilized
Locals mobilized to save them; a nearby zoo recommended feeding the birds butter to emulsify and flush out the oil in their throats.
—
Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
But the timeline of events revealed in the police affidavit and 911 call show how quickly her colleagues and family members mobilized to find her on Wednesday.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
After Iran struck down the F-15, a single-pilot aircraft that was mobilized to support the search and rescue mission also was struck by Iranian fire.
—Max Burman, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
News that the fast food chain has been eyeing small towns for the next openings has mobilized local residents to fight back.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
Material innovators pitched to impact investors, private sector leaders shared their blueprints for change, and activists mobilized the committed and recently converted alike.
—Bella Webb, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2026
What is emerging is a picture of an artist of profound mathematical acuity, who mobilized geometric, sequential, and modular forms to test hypotheses on interrelation, regeneration, and evolution in pursuit of mystical revelation.
—Katherine Rochester, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
Han Kuang 2025, Taiwan’s largest ever exercise, mobilized about 22,000 reservists and for the first time featured the HIMARS and Sky Sword systems prominently.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Throughout that time, Ashaal’s tribe had mobilized, organizing protests with hundreds of people in Aden’s main square, and coordinating with other tribes to close roads into Aden.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
But the timeline of events revealed in the police affidavit and 911 call show how quickly her colleagues and family members mobilized to find her on Wednesday.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
After Iran struck down the F-15, a single-pilot aircraft that was mobilized to support the search and rescue mission also was struck by Iranian fire.
—Max Burman, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
News that the fast food chain has been eyeing small towns for the next openings has mobilized local residents to fight back.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
Material innovators pitched to impact investors, private sector leaders shared their blueprints for change, and activists mobilized the committed and recently converted alike.
—Bella Webb, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2026
What is emerging is a picture of an artist of profound mathematical acuity, who mobilized geometric, sequential, and modular forms to test hypotheses on interrelation, regeneration, and evolution in pursuit of mystical revelation.
—Katherine Rochester, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
Han Kuang 2025, Taiwan’s largest ever exercise, mobilized about 22,000 reservists and for the first time featured the HIMARS and Sky Sword systems prominently.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Throughout that time, Ashaal’s tribe had mobilized, organizing protests with hundreds of people in Aden’s main square, and coordinating with other tribes to close roads into Aden.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mobilized
Verb
-
The $4 million prize money in the event organized by Golf Saudi and co-sanctioned by the LPGA and Ladies European Tour drew 38 of the top 40 players.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
-
The late Pope Francis organized a similar vigil in 2013 for Syria – to rally against the civil war and reject military intervention – which was attended by around 100,000 people.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Olsson, for the first time in her career, was being summoned.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
-
The Italian government formally protested the incident to Israeli authorities and summoned Israel's ambassador to Rome for clarification.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
With the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, York then marshaled forces to create one single telescope that could map hundreds of millions of objects in the sky — a central telescope systematically scanning the sky, and then releasing massive quantities of data publicly available to any scientist.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
-
Though December 24 and 26 were federal holidays, the new Commissioner marshalled the staff at the more than 1,200 community service outlets to work those days in exchange for overtime payments.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
-
Ex-pats even rallied overseas in Paris, London and Lisbon, Portugal.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
-
These guys have rallied behind me and are helping me out.—
Greg Dudek,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Neither mustered a shot on net in those scenarios.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
-
Of course, the loss wasn’t on the longman or the Yankees’ pitching staff, as their lineup only mustered one run, which came on an Amed Rosario sac fly in the seventh.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
After Bonta ordered Bianco to halt his probe, the sheriff seized another 426 boxes of ballots last week.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
-
She is also being ordered to pay nearly $4 million in fines and court costs, more than half of it going to pay private attorney's fees that the county racked up in suing her.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
Private museum tours, sandal-making workshops, and boat trips to the nearby islands of Aegina and Kea (where another One&Only opens in 2024) can be arranged.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
-
The Uncollected Letters of Virginia Woolf, weighing in at a thousand pages and containing over 1,400 letters (additions to the 3,766 letters that were published in six volumes, edited by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann, between 1975 and 1980), is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.—
Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Mobilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mobilized. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
