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 Simpler battery packs lower costs The company buys battery cells and assembles its own packs rather than manufacturing the cells themselves. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026 His team then assembles mood boards using references from films, music videos and other media before developing sketches and finalizing designs. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 The team assembles, jumping off lifeguard towers, leaping over beach patrons, and, of course, running and diving in slow motion to make the rescue. — Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026 This business context foundation maps the relationships across content, people, projects, systems and domain knowledge, then assembles the unique context each AI agent needs to do its job. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Matic also doesn’t need to worry about an import ban specifically, because Matic assembles its robots right here in Mountain View, California. — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026 Here, too, Sussman assembles a formidable catalogue of impediments. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 The plant assembles some of Ford's most profitable vehicles, including the F-Series Super Duty and Lincoln Navigator. — Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Caron Technology designs and assembles various preparation systems that operate before the cutting process. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembles
Verb
  • The new book also gathers behind-the-scenes photos from the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, which returned to theaters for a limited engagement in 2023.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Atlas Workshops is one prong of Marrakech’s Atlas Programs banner, which gathers the professional initiatives of the Marrakech International Film Festival.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In order to be helpful, Muse constantly builds extensive dossiers of users and their desires, social relationships, and messaging behaviors, TIME’s Harry Booth reported this month.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • For all its tests, the company builds realistic simulated environments, red teams these environments itself and with third parties to see whether they can be escaped, and monitors what agents do.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • On the politics, his statement summons a legacy-killing disaster by wagering that nothing will go wrong, when something likely will go wrong during his presidency.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The person advertising the dumpster collects money through a payment app and appears to be the provider.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The equipment was partially funded by developer fees, which the county collects from new developments.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • From Tuesday through Saturday, he can still be found in the kitchen in full effect, ensuring every meal meets his exacting standards.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Case still meets listeners in their teens and early 20s who single it out.
    — Cary Baker, SPIN, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Zvyagintsev meticulously constructs a window into the life of Gleb, the CEO of a Russian transport company who occupies a sleek modern home with his wife and son, but there’s a clear disconnect between them.
    — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Dyrholm will star as a woman who is unable to acknowledge and access her own feelings and constructs intimacy by stealing objects from people instead of getting close to them.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 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
  • Speakers noted the Republican nominee's oil and gas investments as the energy sector amasses profits while the Iran war drives up fuel costs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • 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

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“Assembles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assembles. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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