assembles

present tense third-person singular of assemble
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as in summons
to bring together in assembly by or as if by command we assembled the club members to decide who would be traveling with whom on the trip

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Recent Examples of assembles The network team follows one pattern, the cloud team follows another, and the SRE team assembles a timeline under pressure from multiple dashboards. Kannan Kothandaraman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 All the while, Myers assembles a possible titan in Philly, and the Warriors are left staring down the pipe at another depressing play-in tournament exit at absolute best. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 July 2026 Like its predecessor, the new collection assembles an eclectic roster of artists interpreting Young’s catalog. Spin Staff, SPIN, 22 July 2026 When figuring out what agents to potentially build, Bozeman assembles cross-functional teams consisting of engineers, operational domain experts, and people from business departments like finance and legal. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 July 2026 An employee assembles a long-range drone in a workshop of the Fire Point company which manufactures FP-1 deep-strike drones and FP-2 strike drones in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on January 29, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026 In terms of overall quality, the movie the player assembles out of that 652-page framework isn’t bad! Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026 The crew assembles prominent figures from the Ghibli pipeline alongside newer talent. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 June 2026 Travelers forward their confirmations, and the software assembles an organized trip timeline in one clear view, without the usual manual entry. Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembles
Verb
  • Jack gathers with those who have Parkinson’s to talk through issues and feelings.
    Nicole Borman, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • At night, pretty much everyone gathers around the fire pits and hangs out.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • When leaders build publicly and nontechnical peers demo useful solutions, the definition of who builds begins to expand.
    Will Drover, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Silica particles cause lungs to fight back with fibrotic tissue that builds and builds, severely inhibiting the ability to breathe.
    Howard Berkes, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Their identities are revealed by a mechanical fortune teller named The Amazing Karnak (Sydney Harmon), who summons the memories of each teen in order to give one lucky soul a chance to return to life.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • Their blooms add a sense of romance to gardens, while their nostalgic fragrance summons the fondest of memories.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • The remaining argument, worth $36 billion by one count and a couple of state budgets by another, is about who licenses it, who is excluded from it, and who collects the tax.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The 2024 edition of an annual long-term study that collects national data on substance use among Americans ages 19-65 shows that 35-50 year-olds are using hallucinogens more than ever before.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The South Asian country meets nearly 85% of its fuel needs via imports and with Strait of Hormuz a key supply route prior to the war.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Tropical meets fruit punch in this stunning scent by Ellis Brooklyn.
    Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The system constructs a real-time 3D spatial map using high-frequency acoustic pulses to navigate in total darkness while maintaining a compact form factor.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
  • The Yale startup, which constructs quantum computers, was acquired in January for $550 million by D-Wave, a leading quantum business based in Palo Alto, Calif.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Catherine’s story line evokes a feverish what-if scenario in which a survivor musters the requisite recklessness, talent for murder, and wig collection to mete out retribution.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
  • Every writer on our longlist brilliantly musters the power of words on the page to take the reader to new places, to see old places from new angles, to change minds.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • Kang amasses writings from over the course of her career, beginning with her Nobel lecture and reaching deep into her life’s documents, with diaries, poems, and photographs.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
  • The Texas native collects coveted roles and franchise parts like Thanos amasses Infinity Stones or Tom Hanks stockpiles vintage typewriters.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Mar. 2026

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