colligating

verb

present participle of colligate
1
as in collecting

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2
as in identifying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colligating
  1. collecting
  2. identifying
  3. assembling
  4. recognizing
  5. linking
  6. clustering
  7. gathering
  8. clumping
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  • The government shutdown last year prevented the bureau from collecting sufficient data in October 2025, so there is no comparable figure to use.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Each item costs less than $200, and with the holidays coming—with endless-feeling opportunities for hosting and gifting—now is a great time to start collecting.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of collecting
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  • OpenAI said the partnership would bring different expertise and approaches to identifying weaknesses.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The lawsuit says Brave crawled and copied content from more than 30 billion webpages in its index without identifying itself or providing the owners of websites any mechanism to block its crawler, according to the newspapers’ complaint.
    — Molly Crane Newman, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of identifying
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  • Each scenario presents political obstacles, leaving Eisenkot facing the difficult task of assembling a coalition among parties with sharply different views on religion, national identity and security policy.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The only participating locale the family hasn’t visited in person is Ulster County, New York, which committed itself to assembling 100 bags.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of assembling
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  • The medal presentation marks a notable development in the controversy surrounding Hegseth's Veterans Day visit, with the defense secretary publicly recognizing the soldier whose intervention attracted widespread attention.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The Department of Defense had a particularly productive partnership with USAID, recognizing that foreign aid could be as important as force in incentivizing insurgents to make peace.
    — Andrew Natsios, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of recognizing
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  • Green tea can be a late-morning or afternoon energy-boosting drink, with some research linking the beverage to a lower risk of cognitive issues related to thinking and decision-making.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Mahmood said the changes will be introduced during 2027 and will restore fairness to the immigration system by linking the right to settle to an immigrant’s contribution to Britain.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of linking
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  • In an interview with CNBC Wednesday, Case warned that clustering billions of dollars of equipment and computing capacity in a small number of locations could make some projects difficult to insure, with consequences for developers seeking financing.
    — Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2026
  • But clustering the high-end systems is an investment only a subset of users will ever need to make.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of clustering
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  • Researchers are now gathering enough data to explore using these medications earlier in treatment to help prevent relapses.
    — Sooji Nam, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The strike culminated in workers and average citizens gathering in downtown Barcelona and Madrid, along with protests in other cities.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of gathering
Verb
  • Micelles that form in the liquid dope prevent the messy, disordered proteins from clumping and getting tangled.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Proteins and blood cells Proteins and DNA can gather on plastic surfaces, and lysozyme, a common test protein, also began clumping into aggregates there.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of clumping
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“Colligating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colligating. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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