assembles

present tense third-person singular of assemble
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as in summons
to bring together in assembly by or as if by command we assembled the club members to decide who would be traveling with whom on the trip

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Recent Examples of assembles As the group assembles in the Werk Room, Jewels, who won the bottom-two lip-sync against Arrietty, reads her sister's lipstick mirror message, which sends shockwaves through the room. EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025 To describe this dystopian reality, Clapp assembles a narrative that is part history, part sociology, part horrifying travelogue. Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025 The torque converters are then shipped to a ZF facility in South Carolina that assembles the transmission. Nora Eckert, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025 In addition, Carl Reese will be making his homemade Jalapeño dinner rolls while our Angels in Service staff assembles a fresh creamy Cole slaw. Gary Paun, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025 The show assembles a group of reality TV stars competing to solve a murder mystery game in exchange for $250,000. Charna Flam, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025 Then, the budget committee assembles those bills together into one large bill that can't be filibustered. Deirdre Walsh, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025 The committees write those bills to achieve specific targets and then the budget committee assembles those bills together into one large bill that can't be filibustered. Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025 But Tesla may be a unicorn compared with its peers, according to analyst Alexander Potter, since the company assembles its most popular vehicles domestically. Brian Evans, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembles
Verb
  • Dorothy's entourage accompanying her through Oz includes the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow, much like Michelle's trek gathers the Kid Cosmo robot, Keats, and the quirky size-swapping 'bot called Herman.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Its workforce is being slashed in half, and there have been deep cuts to the Office for Civil Rights and the Institute of Education Sciences, which gathers data on the nation’s academic progress.
    Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The new study by David Card, Jesse Rothstein, and Moises Yi indirectly builds on this story.
    Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In the military, hands-on training is a critical development tool that builds skills and leadership.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Gibbs will be summonsed to Boston Municipal Court for a litany of charges.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 6 May 2024
  • In November 2023, Ivanka Trump was summonsed to the New York State Supreme Court to testify against her father, Donald Trump, in a civil real estate fraud trial.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Elmo usually makes his appearance near the end of a TV timeout in the third period, just as play is about to resume.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • And makes a funny joke about giving Glenn Close an Oscar.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • After allies use Basic ATK or Ultimate to attack enemy targets, every enemy target hit additionally accumulates 3 Grit Value for allies.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Three-way ties are determined by the lowest amount of seed points a team accumulates in its pool play victories.
    Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Decluttering creates space for focus and innovation.
    Maha Abouelenein, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This podcast’s simple premise—the host, Tom Rosenthal, approaches someone he’s never met in a London park and invites them for a chat—creates a surprising level of intimacy.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024

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