as in organized
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 mobilized
Officials said that classes had been suspended for three days at all schools in the state and that psychological support teams had been mobilized to assist students and teachers.
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CBS News, 6 May 2026
Eisenbarger said the fight against data centers isn’t over, echoing similar sentiments to her neighbors in Spring Hill — who also mobilized and pushed back on a massive proposal for a center just 5 miles away that was later withdrawn before the City Council could consider it.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Deputies quickly mobilized and called in a helicopter for support.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Neighborhood groups were also mobilized to pitch in.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
The precedent demonstrates how LEO networks can be mobilized at speed in conflict zones, reinforcing their role as both a strategic asset and a geopolitical lever.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, as the sheriff's office said in a Tuesday update on Facebook, various agencies were mobilized in searching for Young that also included his family members.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Estimates from Boston Consulting Group and Fashion for Good suggest that, if fully mobilized, the initiative could help scale up to 2 million metric tons of T2T and next-generation material capacity, increasing its share of global fiber production to around 8 percent by 2030.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2026
The hurricanes may also have redistributed seagrass fragments and mobilized dormant seed banks, accelerating regrowth once conditions stabilized.
—Hannah V. Herrero, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
CBS News, 6 May 2026
Eisenbarger said the fight against data centers isn’t over, echoing similar sentiments to her neighbors in Spring Hill — who also mobilized and pushed back on a massive proposal for a center just 5 miles away that was later withdrawn before the City Council could consider it.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Deputies quickly mobilized and called in a helicopter for support.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Neighborhood groups were also mobilized to pitch in.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
The precedent demonstrates how LEO networks can be mobilized at speed in conflict zones, reinforcing their role as both a strategic asset and a geopolitical lever.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, as the sheriff's office said in a Tuesday update on Facebook, various agencies were mobilized in searching for Young that also included his family members.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Estimates from Boston Consulting Group and Fashion for Good suggest that, if fully mobilized, the initiative could help scale up to 2 million metric tons of T2T and next-generation material capacity, increasing its share of global fiber production to around 8 percent by 2030.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2026
The hurricanes may also have redistributed seagrass fragments and mobilized dormant seed banks, accelerating regrowth once conditions stabilized.
—Hannah V. Herrero, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mobilized
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Her profession has turned her into a serious shoe collector, with a closet of 100 pairs neatly organized in boxes, each marked with a photo of the shoes taped to the outside.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
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And the unfortunate reality of how the sport is organized in the modern era is that those big non-conference games are going to become less and less common.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Lutnick's voluntary closed-door interview comes amid a monthslong procession of powerful people summoned before the committee, many of whom have been subjected to embarrassing revelations in the more than 3 million pages of records known as the Epstein files.—
Graham Kates,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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Sorensen summoned both Fire Chief Stephen Gollan and Police Chief Bill Schultz to the lectern and quizzed them on their relationship with the city manager.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
Verb
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On most professional shoots a phone camera would be supplemented with lenses, stabilizers, and ancillary gear—or, in the case of Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later (2025), up to twenty iPhones could be marshaled into service at once.—
Dennis Lim,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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The final tinkering on a major legislative package comes as Lawson-Remer has marshaled a coalition of community groups, labor unions and nonprofits to support her effort to have voters rewrite the county’s charter.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Rockies blew leads of 6-0 and 7-2, but rallied to beat the Phillies 9-7 in 11 innings on Friday night at Citizens Bank Park.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
9 May 2026
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Still, many residents on the West Side and in Beverly Hills rallied against the project.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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The Dodgers mustered just two hits in the defeat and scored three or fewer runs in each game of the series between the first-place teams.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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No Sixer defender cared to contest — because what’s the difference between 74 and 71 points when your team’s only mustered 51 in response?—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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Alan Cumming will reprise his role as host of the series, which NBC ordered in August 2025.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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Both men were also stripped of their political rights for life and ordered to forfeit all personal property.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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After Spirit Airlines ceased operations, in the middle of the night on May 2nd, a series of canary-yellow airplanes sat on the tarmac at Newark Airport, arranged neatly like children’s toys at day’s end.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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According to the victim, the suspect arranged the meeting and provided Davenport's address as the exchange location before stealing the laptop and running away.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Mobilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mobilized. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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