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verb

present participle of muster

as in mobilizing

to assemble and make ready for action a command to muster the troops

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as in summoning

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 comprising

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 mustering

Noun

Stedman lands every blow thanks to her patient accumulation of ordinary life, the shearing and mustering and fence-mending, the slow mapping of relationships that ensures each loss registers as something more than plot machinery. —

Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026

Verb

At the end of the second season, multiple armies were mustering for war over King's Landing as the Targaryen clan just couldn't stop betraying each other long enough to govern. —

K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026 Like the uncharacteristically cool weather in West Sacramento for late May, the A’s offense continued its recent gloomy stretch of hitting, mustering a few middle-inning scoring opportunities but failing to get a clutch hit en route to a 9-1 loss. —

Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026 In my mind, Denzel Washington’s performance in John Q set the bar for male actors mustering up those trigger tears Mom always talked about. —

Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026 There are thought to be just a handful of names capable of mustering the required 81 signatures. —

Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 May 2026 With the Knights’ offense only mustering two hits, though, that was enough for Sycamore. —

Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 After mustering all of two against Vancouver, Sporting registered four shots on Saturday. —

The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026 They have been outshot 31-10 over those two matches, mustering just one look at the goal in a 3-0 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes two weeks ago. —

Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Over the first five minutes, Texas went 2-for-5 from the field with two turnovers while mustering a measly four points. —

Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 3 Apr. 2026

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Up the coast in New England, Bar Vlaha in Brookline passed muster, accompanied by a handful of Beantown favorites like Comfort Kitchen, Krasi, and Moonshine 152.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
The idea of a protest buffer zone has been under consideration for months, raising questions about how government can balance free speech protections and the right to worship in legislation that could pass legal muster.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 May 2026