as in joking
marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing
he took his friends' rallying remarks about his girlfriend good-naturedly
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as in mobilization
an act of gathering forces together to renew or attempt an effort
the rallying of students to support our petition for better bus service was made a lot easier by this morning's subzero temperatures
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as in mobilizing
to assemble and make ready for action
rallied the Red Cross workers to deal with the devastating earthquake
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as in recovering
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
despite the best care that medicine could provide, the elderly woman never really rallied from her fractured hip
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as in rebounding
to regain a former or normal state
after wavering a moment on the balance beam, she quickly rallied and finished with a fine dismount
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as in teasing
to make fun of in a good-natured way
his friends rallied him for missing an easy putt
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Recent Examples of rallying
Kelly Evans, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Big gains for Nvidia and other Big Tech companies had been instrumental in the S&P 500’s rallying to consecutive yearly gains of more than 20% for the first time since before the millennium.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
Brett Samuels, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Allies credited Vance with rallying support behind Pete Hegseth when his nomination to lead the Pentagon was teetering.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Not only are stocks rallying, and bond yields staying contained, but one of the biggest problems for Europe since the war on Ukraine broke out--soaring energy prices--are now breaking to the downside.
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Big gains for Nvidia and other Big Tech companies had been instrumental in the S&P 500’s rallying to consecutive yearly gains of more than 20% for the first time since before the millennium.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
Allies credited Vance with rallying support behind Pete Hegseth when his nomination to lead the Pentagon was teetering.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Allies credited Vance with rallying support behind Pete Hegseth when his nomination to lead the Pentagon was teetering.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rallying
Noun
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In addition to winning gains for workers, the strike wave apparently also worked against Republicans at election time by increasing political awareness and voter mobilization.—
Kevin A. Young,
The Conversation,
18 Mar. 2025
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This is the way to build up a massive amount of high wage industries, the mobilization to get to a clean economy and provide the rest of the world with those clean technologies and clean industries and clean goods.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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These oversold readings increased the odds of a rally.—
Tom Aspray,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The index took a mere three weeks and a day to fall just over 10% from its peak on Feb. 19 through Thursday’s close, in its way an equal and opposite reaction to the imperturbable rally that had lifted the market to those highs.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2025
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While Lucie is warm, vivacious, and a ray of light that shines off the page, Aiden is a grumpy, reluctant romantic who hides behind sarcastic quips.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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For instance, a sarcastic comment brushed off as a joke, or unspoken expectations that fuel resentment.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And there were some quizzical looks and whispers about the guy walking around the Peoria Sports Complex in restricted areas.—
Kevin Acee,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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The dog may have a mop of hair like yours or the same quizzical look on its face, Markman said.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Rallying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rallying. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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