1
as in assemblage
a body of people come together in one place
the usual assembly of early morning commuters waiting at the train station
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2
as in congregation
a body of persons gathered for religious worship
the preacher addressed the assembly in somber tones
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as in meeting
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
attendance at the awards assembly is mandatory
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Recent Examples of assembly
Protesters have the right to free speech and freedom of assembly, White said.
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Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
What Ohioans can and can't do The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, assembly, and petition.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2025
These four are all very proud of their special status, which involves democratic processes, including members electing the club’s president, approving (or not) annual accounts, and voting on changes to club statutes at assemblies that must be held once a year.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Thursday's spacewalk was the second for Expedition 73 and the 276th in support of the International Space Station's assembly and maintenance since 1998.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
What Ohioans can and can't do The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, assembly, and petition.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2025
These four are all very proud of their special status, which involves democratic processes, including members electing the club’s president, approving (or not) annual accounts, and voting on changes to club statutes at assemblies that must be held once a year.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Thursday's spacewalk was the second for Expedition 73 and the 276th in support of the International Space Station's assembly and maintenance since 1998.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembly
Noun
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Over several years, Spiro and his wife, Arabella, have worked with Parisian gallerist Lucas Ratton to build their African tribal-art assemblage.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
19 Oct. 2025
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In it, the director gives us an assemblage of missing pieces from a Zodiac documentary he was commissioned to make, but which ultimately fell through.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Oct. 2025
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Chamberlain, the reverend from the South Side of Chicago, tells TIME many of her colleagues in different congregations have been providing physical refuge every day for members of the migrant community who fear prosecution from ICE.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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At the Traditional Music Society’s Saturday class, Kansas City percussionist Bird Fleming stood in front of a congregation of students from various races, ages, and genders.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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There’s a post-match debrief as well as a meeting about the next opponents.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Video posted by the former Cambodian leader shows Chen standing alongside Hun Sen in 2022 during a meeting of investors.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The skepticism surrounding Salesforce’s Agentforce, its platform with agentics and virtual robots to augment your business, is growing thinner after CEO Marc Benioff’s keynote to kick off the company’s annual Dreamforce conference.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Bruins haven’t won a conference championship since 1998 and haven’t posted a 10-win season in more than a decade.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this year, a church rectory in Cleveland Heights was converted into housing for students, namely women and children in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school district.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 Oct. 2025
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They were relit in May 2021 following an $80,000 fundraising campaign by Wright on Main and the church.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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One was a 19-year-old university student from Kharkiv named Anna Kovalenko, who recently organized a series of musical and artistic gatherings called Imagination Space that drew hundreds of participants.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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Over the next two days, the celebrations continue as people host gatherings and visit family and friends to celebrate the new year.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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The recall comes six months after Tesla and the NHTSA recalled roughly 46,000 Cybertrucks that were at risk of a trim panel detaching.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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The event orbited around a panel, moderated by TIME’s editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs, that discussed how AI could shape the future of fashion—particularly from a customer’s perspective.—
Tharin Pillay,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The convention was sold again last year to Informa.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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By flouting all conventions in the face of rock and roll and making a mellifluous spectacle of the music that moved through his body like a thought from God, Jarrett has become a peerless symbol of artistic purity, his talent singular, his every note sui generis.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Assembly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assembly. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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