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as in marshalled
to assemble and make ready for action
a command to muster the troops
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as in summoned
to bring together in assembly by or as if by command
all the supporters that I could muster for the fund-raising campaign
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as in comprised
to be made up of
the corps of regular wine drinkers musters only about 10% of the population
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Recent Examples of mustered
After that, the Cubs mustered just two more hits, both singles.
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Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
After all, the Titans had mustered just 109 yards of total offense and hadn’t scored a touchdown until that point.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Coven is one of the tighter narratives the series has mustered, with its true horror lying in the realities of slavery in the American South.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Colorado mustered five hits to the Padres’ 24, and San Diego hit five homers as the Rockies became the sixth team in the modern era to lose by 21 or more runs in a shutout.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
The offense mustered just seven points in the opening half of Week 3 and then hit its stride with five-straight touchdown drives in the second-half onslaught against Monmouth.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025
During a three-game losing streak against Texas, South Carolina and Ole Miss, the Oklahoma offense mustered only 26 total points.
—Chase Goodbread, The Tuscaloosa News, 17 Sep. 2025
Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
After all, the Titans had mustered just 109 yards of total offense and hadn’t scored a touchdown until that point.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Coven is one of the tighter narratives the series has mustered, with its true horror lying in the realities of slavery in the American South.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Colorado mustered five hits to the Padres’ 24, and San Diego hit five homers as the Rockies became the sixth team in the modern era to lose by 21 or more runs in a shutout.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
The offense mustered just seven points in the opening half of Week 3 and then hit its stride with five-straight touchdown drives in the second-half onslaught against Monmouth.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025
During a three-game losing streak against Texas, South Carolina and Ole Miss, the Oklahoma offense mustered only 26 total points.
—Chase Goodbread, The Tuscaloosa News, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mustered
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Bompastor summoned first her million-dollar USWNT winger in Alyssa Thompson from the bench, then two-time WSL Golden Boot winner Sam Kerr.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Khatami summoned me and heard my warning.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Of that sum, traditional album sales comprised 39,000, marking Nine Inch Nails’ biggest sales week since 2013.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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The second most common way professors used Claude was for academic research — this comprised 13% of conversations.—
Lee V. Gaines,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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Hundreds of local villagers and rescue teams had were mobilized to help clear snow that was blocking access to areas near the hikers.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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Dingri County Government mobilized teams to ensure their safety.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Between 2018 and 2022, more than two-thirds of cases of female breast cancer were diagnosed at a localized stage, meaning the cancer was contained to the breast, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Safdie may have found a new way to make a sports drama, one that relies less on the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat and more on all that is contained in the ambivalent middle.—
Richard Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Templates for checklists and planners keep you organized fast.—
Jade Chung-Lee,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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The low pressure area forecasters are tracking was located a little more than 1,000 miles east of the Windward Islands, the hurricane center said in the advisory, with showers and thunderstorms gradually becoming better organized.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Analyzing its grocery orders that included candy in 2024, Instacart found each state's Halloween candy preferences.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Big winners in Europe in the third quarter included Spanish stocks, the banking sector and chip giant ASML.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Hawaii shoppers, for example, ordered the least amount of candy corn, 55% less than the national average, according to the Instacart study.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Both sides will submit fuller legal arguments and the Department of Homeland Security may be ordered to produce its internal decision record.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Paine, of course, marshalled the phrase in service of a radical anti-authoritarian movement.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Mustered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mustered. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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