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as in muster

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mustering

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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

Some mornings, mustering empathy for yet another challenging conversation feels nearly impossible. — Dana Kellerman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 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

Hassan has work to do in front of goal, having failed to score in almost 2,000 minutes on the pitch in La Liga, mustering only three assists. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 The Cubs offense showed signs of a lineup potentially entering a slump, just a day after mustering one hit in a loss to the Nationals. — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 The network isn’t even mustering up a defense for Jeanine Pirro, previously one of its most prominent pro-Trump hosts. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 Serena looked down, heaved a sigh and hooked her knee around the pole before mustering up a halfhearted spin. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 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, 12 June 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 After mustering all of two against Vancouver, Sporting registered four shots on Saturday. — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mustering

Noun

Wolverine frees Essex and races to the exit, but Essex musters enough psychic power to cause all of the invading soldiers to explode.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Moreover, a tax benefit for voting is much more likely to pass constitutional muster than a tax penalty.

— Susan Ostermann, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of muster

Verb

Before this dilemma can play out, Hal triggers an Indiana Jones–esque booby trap inside the compound’s stronghold, summoning Macon’s men with their advanced weaponry.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
After the initial group of firefighters got to the scene, a second alarm was called, summoning more fire and hazardous material crews to the blaze.

— Ahmad Hemingway, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of summoning

Verb

The House and Senate could pass different versions of PCSA, which could lead to the formation of a conference committee comprising members—known as conferees—from both chambers.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Global Times reported that CCTV showed China’s Atlas drone-swarm operations system in March, comprising the Swarm-2 ground combat vehicle, a command vehicle and a support vehicle.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of comprising

Noun

At that December 2001 convening, one rescue worker said that while individuals can do heroic things, what New York saw after 9/11 was only possible because people came together for a common goal.

— Brendan Griffith, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026
Instead of its usual one-day annual meeting, the global convening platform is hosting a series of talks during New York Fashion Week.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of convening

Verb

Comparing unauthorized immigration to an invasion has become increasingly common among politicians including Nigel Farage of Reform UK, and far-right groups that have been active in organizing and attending anti-immigrant protests.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Some need only light intelligence—converting structured output into natural language, organizing OCR results or classifying simple requests.

— Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of organizing

Verb

The same goes for calling a tight boat-on-boat situation, where the coach can use their view of the racing to judge distances and closing speeds more accurately than sailors already operating in a state of sensory overload.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
The historic womenswear site will be merged with the existing menswear boutique via an underground tunnel the company is tantalizingly calling the Passaggio Segreto, or Secret Passage.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026