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
  • An Acquisition Chain, Not A One-Off OpenRouter lands on top of a stack Stripe has been assembling piece by piece.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Peltz weighs deal for Wendy’s Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund is assembling a group that could bid to take Wendy’s private as the chain faces declining sales, falling traffic, and restaurant closures.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • Investigators are now reviewing surveillance video and collecting evidence in the neighborhood to piece everything together.
    — Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That comparison includes the boon Target received from collecting its tariff refunds.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of collecting
Verb
  • The lawyer added that according to Zhykovych, Berezovska conducted several tasks for the two men, gathering information on people of interest to them.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But gathering the real-world human data necessary to win Food and Drug Administration approval for drugs, devices, and other interventions can be an arduous task.
    — Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of gathering
Verb
  • Having a goal to earn points to visit Morocco or take a ski trip to the Alps is likely to be more helpful than blindly amassing rewards for an overseas trip or an all-inclusive resort.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
  • In 2023, Gupta set a Guinness World Record for the largest collection of factices, amassing more than 3,000 in his collection ranging in value from $2,000 to $100,000.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of amassing
Verb
  • This time around, however, the tech giant is establishing parameters on mass arbitration by grouping them in batches of 25, 100, and 500, depending on the total number of claimants with similar issues.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of grouping
Verb
  • In our own solar system, giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn are thought to have begun rapidly accumulating their massive gaseous envelopes once their growing cores reached roughly 20 times Earth's mass.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Kraken have done a fantastic job accumulating depth and building a balanced system with a priority on skill.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 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 25 Aug. 2026.

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