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Recent Examples of constellate To make sense of a correspondence, however complete or incomplete, is to constellate fragmentary evidence, and make surmises about what is missing (including what may not have been apparent to the letter-writers themselves). Langdon Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2020 Kathleen Shafer tells Judd’s story, and constellating stories about art, history, landscape, weather, the mysterious Marfa lights, economics, sociology and, of course, real estate. Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2017
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  • Maurie Stanard, who was the bar owner then with his wife, Sophie, was the person who had collected many of the classic cars from the auction.
    Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said investigators found palm impressions, smudges and a shoe imprints of the suspect and are hoping to collect to some DNA evidence.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • The day after Kirk’s murder, his supporters gathered at Turning Point USA’s headquarters in Phoenix to pay their respects to the man who built a movement.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Based on a video shared by Hello Magazine, the princess took a few seconds to simply gather her hair into a low ponytail and tie it into a knot.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Netanyahu said Israeli forces were organising and assembling into Gaza City.
    USA Today, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Tuesday’s report states that HHS will assemble a working group of federal officials to evaluate SSRI prescribing patterns, specifically among children.
    Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • Over the off-season, the Dodgers accumulated a murders’ row of players, at times seemingly adding pitchers just for the heck of it.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Kim brothers also allegedly accumulated substantial tax liabilities by failing to pay taxes assessed.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • Husseini continued to amass power.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • By then Kirk had amassed millions of followers across social media, and The Charlie Kirk Show became one of the most popular political podcasts in the country.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • Their ability to swing elections brings some efficiency to proxy battles, corralling the efforts of corporate management and the hedge funds trying to pressure them, and winning over the Big Three is usually enough for either side to secure victory.
    Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Witnesses and other by-standers were able to corral the dogs away from the victim following the attack.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • The two did not go without displaying PDA while posing for photos on the carpet, Blanco planting sweet kisses on Gomez's cheek, which garnered a beaming response from the Only Murders in the Building actress, who is nominated for Best Comedy Series at the awards ceremony.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The result—a gleaming-white minimalist interior that Kraus said was inspired by Leonard Cohen’s house on the Greek island of Hydra—garnered coverage in design blogs.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Constellate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constellate. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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