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
Verb
  • Investigators have been scouring the area for wreckage, collecting dashcam video and speaking to witnesses.
    — Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Investigators on Tuesday were mainly focused on collecting and documenting wreckage, Chapman said.
    — Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of collecting
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The competition was put on hold because of the difficulty of assembling an international jury.
    — Jenny S. Li, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The opportunity here is to give qualified people more time to review the work and make sound decisions, with less effort spent assembling the information behind those decisions.
    — Nikhil Chandankhede, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • Dmitriev presented her with a painting from an 11-year-old girl while Zelensky sent her a Ukrainian award recognizing her role in securing the ceasefire.
    — Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Established in 1969, the Songwriters Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the lives and legacies of the songwriters behind the world’s most enduring songs.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of recognizing
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • While gathering material in southern Ukraine, Carrère travels with a group of Ukrainian soldiers, one of whom, a brooding young man named Serhiy, reminds him of a character from a Dostoyevsky novel.
    — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The spacecraft eventually dropped down to just 171 miles (275 kilometers) above the planet, and the observatory officially stopped gathering scientific data.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of gathering
Verb
  • 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
  • Keep the package sealed after each use to prevent sheets from clumping or breaking down early.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of clumping
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