constellating

verb

present participle of constellate
as in assembling
to bring together in one body or place the museum has constellated many of the artist's most glorious paintings into one stunning exhibition

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constellating
  1. assembling
  2. collecting
  3. gathering
  4. amassing
  5. grouping
  6. accumulating
  7. corralling
Verb
  • Miami businessman Carlos de la Cruz, whose family knew the Fanjuls in Cuba, credited Alfonso and his brothers with assembling investors, buying land in Florida and building a sugar company that grew into the nation’s largest cane sugar producer.
    — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Schools on every level are already busy assembling coaches, players and recruits — assessing name, image and likeness potential as well as schedules and logistics — to get a head start.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • Mechanicville, New York, Police Department Chief William Rabbitt told reporters that after more than a month of collecting evidence, investigators had an apparent motive for Amy Steadman, 64, and her daughter Sarah Myers, 44.
    — Matt Foster, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • When the first version can exist by morning, the founder can stop performing certainty and start collecting evidence.
    — Adam Ayers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of collecting
Verb
  • The spy satellite that changed intelligence forever Before satellites, gathering intelligence on the Soviet Union relied heavily on risky reconnaissance flights such as those carried out by the U-2 spy plane.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Pre-Production Planning Pre-production has become more valuable, especially the process of gathering inspiration, building mood boards and refining storyboards.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of gathering
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  • John pitched in parts of 26 seasons between 1963 and 1989, amassing 288 wins (26th most in baseball history) and more than 4,710 innings pitched (20th).
    — David K. Li, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Mana has been amassing his portfolio in Miami for more than 15 years.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of amassing
Verb
  • Start small by grouping items by type, discarding excess, and using storage solutions to maintain order and functionality.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
  • In their first reps of 11-on-11s, the Patriots deployed a base personnel grouping with three defensive tackles and three inside linebackers (Spillane, Elliss and Muma).
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of grouping
Verb
  • Some teachers recommend doing it weekly to catch missing work, spills from leaky water bottles and accumulating crumbs.
    — Cheyanne Mumphrey, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • If the organization pays for accumulation and charges for unlearning, accumulating is the correct strategy, and the man with two decades and a photograph for a pattern was doing exactly what those decades had paid him to do.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of accumulating
Verb
  • They’ve been seen, for example, corralling schools of rays, creating waves to push penguins from ice blocks and extracting the livers of white sharks.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • These skilled hunters stalk their prey in a variety of ways, from hydroplaning onto the sand to grab seals to corralling fish into big bait balls for a snack.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Definition of corralling
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“Constellating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constellating. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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