mustered

verb

Definition of musterednext
past tense of muster
1
as in marshalled
to assemble and make ready for action a command to muster the troops

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2
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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3
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 Synonyms for mustered
  1. summoned
  2. comprised
  3. mobilized
  4. contained
  5. organized
  6. included
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  • The uncles sat in a semi-circle behind me, some in recliners, some in parlor furniture and maybe one or two on kitchen chairs summoned for the purpose.
    Drew Carberry, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
  • That’s why Jet Greaves was summoned from AHL Cleveland to start three of the previous four games.
    Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of summoned
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  • Carter’s look comprised a corset top with crystal embellishments and matching pants featuring a slit around the knees to improve her mobility during the performance.
    Renan Botelho, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Each unit comprised a photon transceiver and a digital processing unit, and the devices were hooked together via 10 km of dedicated optical fiber.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of comprised
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  • After that, the three of us were invited to be executive producers on a Telethon called XQ Super School Live, which mobilized people all over the US about the importance of High School Education.
    Isaac Mizrahi, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Rumors swirled that disillusioned and disgusted donors mobilized after the loss to A&M.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of mobilized
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  • Some of the genetic samples from the patient contained gene mutations that might help H5N1 infect people more easily.
    Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Jabbar's truck contained an ISIS flag.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of contained
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  • Last October, the institute organized five planning sessions at Brooklyn’s senior center.
    Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Plants are organized by region; Romero and I started in the Americas, pulling up to an eight-foot-tall Brazilian grape tree, known for the gumball-size purple berries that grow directly on its trunk.
    Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of organized
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  • Peter Ferry was passionately an author and teacher, inspiring decades of students in his English and writing classes at Lake Forest High School, a youthful crowd of many thousands that included such later famous people as actor Vince Vaughn and author Dave Eggers.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • There are several plot holes, extra scenes clearly included just to boost Sheridan's ego, and the dialogue has become overly preachy and didactic—almost as annoying as Aaron Sorkin's mini-sermons in later seasons of The West Wing, which is saying something.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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