as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
the museum has constellated many of the artist's most glorious paintings into one stunning exhibition
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Recent Examples of constellate
To make sense of a correspondence, however complete or incomplete, is to constellate fragmentary evidence, and make surmises about what is missing (including what may not have been apparent to the letter-writers themselves).
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Langdon Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2020
Kathleen Shafer tells Judd’s story, and constellating stories about art, history, landscape, weather, the mysterious Marfa lights, economics, sociology and, of course, real estate.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2017
Langdon Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2020
Kathleen Shafer tells Judd’s story, and constellating stories about art, history, landscape, weather, the mysterious Marfa lights, economics, sociology and, of course, real estate.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constellate
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Elliott said that municipalities could issue bonds to cover the cost of the purchase and then pay those debts back over time at lower interest rates through the revenues collected from customers.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
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Some police jurisdictions send officers to physically collect weapons.—
Sara-James Ranta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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On this late May evening, the 15 men gathered there were contemplating tackling something few had previously had the courage or skill to take on.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Early yesterday, as Argentina sealed a 3-0 victory over Algeria, hundreds of fans gathered on the courtyard lawn of Beijing’s Argentine Embassy to cheer the team on.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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Unable to assemble a senior women’s squad in time, Sudan’s soccer federation entered a younger team to avoid forfeiting its place in the qualifiers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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Amazon Leo, previously known as Project Kuiper, is the broadband megaconstellation that Amazon is assembling in low Earth orbit (LEO).—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
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The military held a similar security strip from 1985 until 2000, before withdrawing after years of steady casualties, a toll that is accumulating once again.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2026
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Then, at the end of the process, the team assessed which agents had amassed the most rewards.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
19 June 2026
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To make matters worse, most of the vaunted sums amassed from the IPO are spoken for.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
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Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Messi stuck a boot back, corralled the ball, took a half-turn and fired a laser low and into the corner of the net past Zidane.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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This revelation sparks questions about a potential double standard by MLB, suggesting a stricter enforcement of uniform policies now that the issue has garnered national attention, compared to Kershaw's similar past actions.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Lionel Messi’s incredible soccer career has garnered him millions of fans, but no one is as proud of him as his wife, Antonela Roccuzzo.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
21 June 2026
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“Constellate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constellate. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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