assembling

present participle of assemble
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as in summoning
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 assembling Once that hurdle is cleared, Vertical Aerospace will begin assembling its first pre-production aircraft. Omar Kardoudi june 21, New Atlas, 21 June 2026 Sourcing materials and assembling battery packs near Elysian’s operational facilities is intended to shorten international shipping distances. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026 And though the online arena was great for building a large network and starting important conversations, assembling his thoughts, feelings, and experiences offline in book form has given Gustin the opportunity to go deeper and offer readers prompts for their own reflection and growth. Christian Dashiell Published, Parents, 18 June 2026 Advisors may spend less time assembling information and more time helping families interpret it. Andy Busser, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 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 The ultimate challenge is assembling those individuals into a coherent, victorious team. Tim Spiers, New York Times, 17 June 2026 Weather also influences how much local governments will dig into tax revenues to shield us, including building stronger infrastructure to better direct the flow of stormwater, assembling emergency management teams and equipment, and organizing shelters. Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026 Inside the box, everything is clearly labeled, which is important, as assembling the Snapmaker is a bit more involved than other closed-frame consumer models. Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembling
Verb
  • The intuitive Moon in your 10th House of Career and Status squares information-gathering Mercury in your 7th House of Partnership, pulling leadership choices into relational focus.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2026
  • Similar storm-clouds are now gathering around Sánchez, a canny politician known for outwitting his opponents.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • If that occurs, The Economist’s two-track internet may be remembered as one of the earliest signs that humanity had begun constructing a parallel universe of knowledge for a new form of intelligence.
    Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2026
  • Purchasing and renovating the existing buildings could save as much as $111 million compared with constructing new facilities, according to county documents.
    Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • Happily, walking into Champagne Shack does not require summoning courage.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026
  • Railroad tracks frame the Escambia Bay shoreline, summoning an old-Florida nostalgia that just begs you to sit and stay awhile.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Just ask older women collecting Social Security.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Police released multiple images of the bust, showing the drugs concealed in large containers as well as officers collecting evidence and detaining a suspect.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • And patients come in with the medical emergencies, but then there’s insurance, poverty, housing, immigration, all of these larger forces converging in one room.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Notably, pay growth for the two roles is increasingly converging.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Those approvals allow crews to begin building essential site infrastructure before full production activities start.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026
  • Her parents are both undocumented immigrants who spent decades in San Diego, working as paleteros, selling ice cream, building a life and raising a family.
    Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • At the end of the second season, multiple armies were mustering for war over King's Landing as the Targaryen clan just couldn't stop betraying each other long enough to govern.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026
  • Like the uncharacteristically cool weather in West Sacramento for late May, the A’s offense continued its recent gloomy stretch of hitting, mustering a few middle-inning scoring opportunities but failing to get a clutch hit en route to a 9-1 loss.
    Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • Third, amassing 46,000-plus five-star ratings is astounding, especially when many extol how long the ILNP nail polishes last.
    Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 22 June 2026
  • Students went on to found the Club America chapter, which quickly became one of the most popular groups at the school, amassing forty or fifty members.
    Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

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