as in to organize
to assemble and make ready for action
we are prepared to mobilize the troops on very short notice
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Recent Examples of mobilize
While science and technology have advanced, our ability to mobilize trust and coordinated action hasn’t kept up.
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Justin Ángel Knighten, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
In recent years the parade has seen a diminished supply of military hardware, as Russian tanks are instead mobilized on that war’s front lines.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
With each side accusing the other of aggression and mobilizing their armed forces, the region faces its most volatile moment in years.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
His secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security reportedly will not, for now, recommend doing so, but the potential impact: mobilizing troops to round up immigrants in American neighborhoods.
—Kica Matos, Time, 2 May 2025
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Justin Ángel Knighten, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
In recent years the parade has seen a diminished supply of military hardware, as Russian tanks are instead mobilized on that war’s front lines.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
With each side accusing the other of aggression and mobilizing their armed forces, the region faces its most volatile moment in years.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
His secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security reportedly will not, for now, recommend doing so, but the potential impact: mobilizing troops to round up immigrants in American neighborhoods.
—Kica Matos, Time, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mobilize
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But Hicks added that some figures are naturally better suited to organizing and calling attention to an issue or election than succeeding as a candidate themselves.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
14 May 2025
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The focus is organized in partnership with the Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Centre – Creative Greece.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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Then, in a December 2023 decision, in a partial redo of that arbitration, Arbitrator Roger Kaplan ordered France to pay Bernstein $810,846.67, including $450,000 in punitive damages for his conduct.—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Bronx Criminal Court Judge Audrey Stone on Wednesday ordered that Jeremy Cortorreal spend the next two decades behind bars for killing Lisette Gomez back on March 21, 2023.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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As Beyoncé summoned better angels and called for a removal of ancestors’ misdeeds, the face of the Statue of Liberty looked on, its mouth covered with a bandana.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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An urbane middle-aged couple was summoned to the bar for prime seats just as the man was pulling up a BBC video about barnacle geese, a species that nests on high cliffs and whose flightless newborns fling themselves hundreds of feet to reunite with their grazing parents.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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“Mobilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mobilize. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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