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mustered

verb

past tense of muster

as in mobilized

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 The Braves’ offense mustered only two hits in Jesús Luzardo’s shutout, preventing the Braves from returning home with a series victory. — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 All his administration mustered was a late, failed effort in the summer of 2020 to remove 12,000 troops from Germany. — Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026 Josh Lowe hit a sacrifice fly, and Gustavo Campero added an RBI single, but that was all the offense the Angels mustered. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 Coming off three losses in Philadelphia, the Marlins mustered only one hit through seven innings (by Owen Caissie) before Marsee began the eighth with a triple down the right field line. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026 Seattle, which opened a nine-game trip against three teams currently in playoff position, has mustered only five runs during the losing streak and nine in the past seven games. — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Within two days, workers were mustered and the presses were readied. — Colleen Barry, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 Despite drawing eight walks Tuesday, the Braves could only scratch across three runs and mustered only four hits in an 8-3 loss to the Padres at Truist Park. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 22 July 2026 But against the first-place Brewers, the Giants mustered a 1-0 win. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 7 July 2026

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The demonstrators were mobilized (and their messages and gatherings coordinated) through the relatively new phenomenon of social media.

— David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
Its in-house security staff mobilized within seconds, and none of its community members were killed.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

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Suspicions quickly turned to Lizzie as the murderer, even though police were summoned almost immediately and Lizzie showed no signs of blood spatter, on either her clothing or hair.

— Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Philadelphia interim manager Don Mattingly summoned Jonathan Bowlan, and Lile hammered his first pitch to center for his first career pinch homer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

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In jail, Barisone read through tens of thousands of pages of discovery documents, much of which comprised Kanarek’s postings and electronic communications.

— Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
This year’s jury comprised Spain’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Carla Simón (Alcarrás), Italian director and editor Sara Fgaier and Hania Mroué, director of Metropolis, the historic arthouse cinema in Beirut.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of comprised

Verb

But up- and downriver outside the park, much of the land is owned by private landowners, many of whom have organized against the government’s efforts.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
The show is overseen by MAM artistic director Shai Baitel, who has also organized exhibitions of Marina Abramović, Bob Dylan, Zaha Hadid, and David Hockney.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of organized

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The book marshalled substantial scientific evidence, and reinforced the intuitions of parents dismayed by their phone-addled children.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
No country has marshaled those efforts like China, where the government sees Tibet, and its Himalayan borderlands, as critical to its national and energy security.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of marshaled

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Their summer window, which included signing the former Manchester United pair Millie Turner and Lisa Fjeldstad Naalsund, was eye-catching.

— Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
The group included residents as well as others who either grew up there or had family ties to the town.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

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