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as in mobilizing
to assemble and make ready for action
a command to muster the troops
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as in summoning
to bring together in assembly by or as if by command
all the supporters that I could muster for the fund-raising campaign
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as in comprising
to be made up of
the corps of regular wine drinkers musters only about 10% of the population
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Recent Examples of mustering
Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Israel, meanwhile, appears content to keep battering the Islamic Republic, whatever the downstream consequences, while also mustering a new offensive into southern Lebanon against Hezbollah.
—Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
But Tuesday night’s attempt was abysmal, with Canada only mustering four shots on goal in the first period and just 20 by the end of the night.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026
The government in Caracas wants Venezuelans out and about, though the streets are quiet, apart from a few militia members mustering with their motorcycles.
—Mary Triny Mena, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
While mustering through those early days may have been a bit of a drag, each one counted as a step forward to Watkins, who approached them with the mental intensity she’s known for on the court.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Dec. 2025
After mustering just 63 yards in the first half, the Saints finished with 294.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
The Vikings offense could use a boost from Brosmer after mustering just four yards in the second half of Sunday's loss to the Packers.
—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
Democrats seem powerless in mustering opposition, let alone understanding what’s really going on here.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
Stedman lands every blow thanks to her patient accumulation of ordinary life, the shearing and mustering and fence-mending, the slow mapping of relationships that ensures each loss registers as something more than plot machinery.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
Vitello shakes up lineup After mustering just one run and totaling 13 hits en route to being swept by the New York Yankees, rookie manager Tony Vitello shook up his starting lineup by batting shortstop Willy Adames at leadoff and second baseman Luis Arraez at cleanup.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Israel, meanwhile, appears content to keep battering the Islamic Republic, whatever the downstream consequences, while also mustering a new offensive into southern Lebanon against Hezbollah.
—Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
But Tuesday night’s attempt was abysmal, with Canada only mustering four shots on goal in the first period and just 20 by the end of the night.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026
The government in Caracas wants Venezuelans out and about, though the streets are quiet, apart from a few militia members mustering with their motorcycles.
—Mary Triny Mena, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
While mustering through those early days may have been a bit of a drag, each one counted as a step forward to Watkins, who approached them with the mental intensity she’s known for on the court.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Dec. 2025
After mustering just 63 yards in the first half, the Saints finished with 294.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
The Vikings offense could use a boost from Brosmer after mustering just four yards in the second half of Sunday's loss to the Packers.
—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
Democrats seem powerless in mustering opposition, let alone understanding what’s really going on here.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mustering
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Tokyo has suggested that operations in the Strait of Hormuz might not pass legal muster.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
16 Mar. 2026
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If age-verification laws somehow pass judicial muster in Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi, individuals in this state will face severe restrictions to their freedom of speech, parental judgment and online safety.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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Our administration has taken decisive action by securing federal emergency funding, fast-tracking environmental reviews, mobilizing design-build partnerships and continuing close cooperation with the federal administration to accelerate reconstruction.—
Wes Moore,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2026
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Rachel O’Leary Carmona is the executive director of Women’s March, a movement mobilizing for a feminist future.—
Rachel O'Leary Carmona,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2026
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Hackers can then use the army of infected computers to launch DDoS attacks, which involve summoning waves of internet traffic to overwhelm a website, app or IP address to try and take them offline.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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The Brooklyn psych-folk artist’s 2025 debut, newly reissued by AD 93, is dissonant, ghostly, and otherworldly, summoning complex emotions with sparse tools.—
Vrinda Jagota,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2026
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But in a market comprising more than 44 countries, and hundreds of companies that have been operating for over a century, making the necessary changes at speed is no easy thing.—
Francesca Cassidy,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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On a screen behind him and projected onto the walls of the venue is a steady stream of psychedelic imagery, comprising the work of 20 different artists being blended in real time by projection artist Michael Strauss.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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Together, the shifts highlight the growing operational uncertainty facing the Middle East’s events sector, which has become a core pillar of the Gulf’s non‑oil economies, as organizers balance security concerns with the region’s ambitions to remain a global convening hub.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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The region has built much of its economic forward momentum on its convening power.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
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Storms organizing to our west late Wednesday evening move into North Texas overnight.—
Michael Autovino,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Human beings have built homes in many different environments, settling the area and organizing it into units such as cities, states, regions, and countries, each with its own points of interest.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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If trapped by moving water, seek the highest possible point and contact emergency services by calling 911.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Building and construction unions no longer can use their old rhetorical cudgel in this debate — calling prefab homes flimsy and unsafe.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Through a red chain-link curtain is a back room containing the likes of Screw, Al Goldstein’s erotic tabloid from the sixties and seventies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Jupiter-esque planet known as TOI-5205 b is the first exoplanet of its kind with an atmosphere containing far fewer heavy elements than similarly sized objects, as well as its own red dwarf star.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Mustering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mustering. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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