as in rallying
an act of gathering forces together to renew or attempt an effort
called for the prompt mobilization of all national resources to combat the deadly epidemic
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Recent Examples of mobilization
Such a mobilization would require Moscow to order car plants, for example, to exclusively produce military vehicles.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
So far, the state has succeeded in halting the mobilization.
—Connor Greene, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Newsom’s mobilization of the California National Guard could preempt a potential federal takeover.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The mobilization of National Guard troops to cities like Chicago, Memphis, Tennessee, and Portland, Oregon, has been met with fierce backlash from residents as well as local and state leaders – including some who have gone so far as to sue the administration.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
So far, the state has succeeded in halting the mobilization.
—Connor Greene, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Newsom’s mobilization of the California National Guard could preempt a potential federal takeover.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The mobilization of National Guard troops to cities like Chicago, Memphis, Tennessee, and Portland, Oregon, has been met with fierce backlash from residents as well as local and state leaders – including some who have gone so far as to sue the administration.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mobilization
Noun
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The simplification of this rallying cry points to the exhibition’s sagacious curatorial focus.—
Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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Feels in solidarity with other rallying cries to push back on systems and ideologies rooted in hierarchy and determining which bodies are deemed enough.—
Caroline Rothstein,
InStyle,
30 Dec. 2025
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The Hostages and Missing Families Forum has continued to organize rallies in Tel Aviv and elsewhere across Israel calling for the release of the remaining deceased hostages.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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More than a month after one of its professors was arrested on charges of violent felonies at an anti-ICE rally, an elite private university has refused to say whether the academic has been punished.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Mobilization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mobilization. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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