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1
as in organized
to assemble and make ready for action
marshaled their forces for battle
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2
as in steered
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front
marshaling a small group of children on a tour of the science museum
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3
as in arranged
to put into a particular arrangement
marshal your arguments before you stand up to speak
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Recent Examples of marshaled
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with the FBI, DEA, and several other federal agencies, have been marshaled together to target major, non-border metropolitan areas as part of a stricter immigration enforcement strategy.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
The president also marshaled the power of the federal government to blame Democrats for the shutdown fallout, and took steps to punish them.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Phoning through the top ranks of the government—leaders at the Pentagon and Department of Justice, Vice President Mike Pence, the Virginia Governor’s office—Pelosi marshaled all corners of Washington to get things back under control.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Aircraft, ammunition belts, bolts of fabric, mine-working, kilt-making, cement-mixing, nuns, saris and American football have all been marshaled as explanations.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Back in June, Chiland, a Los Angeles public-school teacher, heard rumors that National Guard troops were being marshalled on Terminal Island in preparation to arrest anti-ICE demonstrators across the city.
—Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
It is implied in the terrifying power of the military and police — how else but through the internet could this government have marshaled enough public support to install them in office?
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
An individual’s positive contributions such as steady employment, volunteer work, military service, long-term residence, and yes, tax compliance being expressly mentioned, can now be marshaled to offset negative incidents.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Cunha has been well marshalled by the Arsenal defence.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
The president also marshaled the power of the federal government to blame Democrats for the shutdown fallout, and took steps to punish them.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Phoning through the top ranks of the government—leaders at the Pentagon and Department of Justice, Vice President Mike Pence, the Virginia Governor’s office—Pelosi marshaled all corners of Washington to get things back under control.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Aircraft, ammunition belts, bolts of fabric, mine-working, kilt-making, cement-mixing, nuns, saris and American football have all been marshaled as explanations.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Back in June, Chiland, a Los Angeles public-school teacher, heard rumors that National Guard troops were being marshalled on Terminal Island in preparation to arrest anti-ICE demonstrators across the city.
—Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
It is implied in the terrifying power of the military and police — how else but through the internet could this government have marshaled enough public support to install them in office?
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
An individual’s positive contributions such as steady employment, volunteer work, military service, long-term residence, and yes, tax compliance being expressly mentioned, can now be marshaled to offset negative incidents.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Cunha has been well marshalled by the Arsenal defence.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marshaled
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It was organized by the New York Immigration Coalition.—
Ali Bauman,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Her brother shaved his head alongside her, while friends organized care packages, drove her to sessions and offered constant encouragement.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Newsom has long been a favorite of affluent donors, drawing support from a set of elite San Francisco families — including branches of the Getty, Pritzker, and Fisher fortunes — who have collectively steered tens of millions of dollars to his campaigns over more than two decades.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 Jan. 2026
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In turn, those officers steered ships to the Southeast Asian ports controlled by Francis and his company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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The goal is to move all the disks to the last pole with them arranged in the same order—but each disk may only be placed on a larger disk, never on a smaller one.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
10 Jan. 2026
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The following month, Acebedo-Garcia arranged the details for the first shipment — 293 kilos.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
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Less than a week after the killing, citizens have mobilized in protest.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2026
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In Colombia, the government has mobilized to respond to potential displacement—yet is also facing significant budget constraints and a displacement crisis of its own.—
Ciaran Donnelly,
Time,
11 Jan. 2026
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Several Venezuela residents told TIME that the fear of what might be discovered on their phone at a checkpoint has guided their behavior in the days since Maduro's ouster.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Since launch, mission teams have guided the observatory steadily toward L1.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Perez-Lugones searched systems at his work for classified information without authorization, including a report classified as top secret related to an unspecified foreign country, according to the affidavit.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
14 Jan. 2026
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His June visit to South Carolina — a key state in presidential primaries — does not appear in the records because it was classified as campaign travel.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Earlier this year, the CEOs of Walmart, Target and Home Depot warned publicly about tariffs disrupting supply chains, were summoned to the White House as part of an internal campaign to make the case to Trump about the real-world impact of his policies, CNN reported last spring.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
13 Jan. 2026
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Jake is then summoned outside by the Yellow Card Man.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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Rheinmetall revealed that the technology will reduce the production costs of green hydrogen through lower investment in the overall system, accompanied by a doubling of power density or an improvement in efficiency of over 10%.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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Each president's portrait is accompanied by a placard describing events during their time in office, including Clinton's impeachment.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Marshaled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marshaled. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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