as in to organize
to assemble and make ready for action
we are prepared to mobilize the troops on very short notice
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Recent Examples of mobilize
In his first public appearance since attempting suicide in jail last month, former defense minister Kim appeared as a witness at Thursday’s hearing and argued that the small number of troops mobilized proved that Yoon was not serious about imposing military control.
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Reuters, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
That’s why Deloitte is a founding member along with AT&T, Capital One, and Cisco of the Athena Pledge, which aims to mobilize investment, research and opportunities in the industry and to rally other brands and companies to increase investment and support for women’s sports.
—Lara Abrash, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Scores of Americans have also mobilized, particularly on college campuses, to demand the U.S. rescind its long-standing support for Israel.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
With the right infrastructure in place, the citizenry can be mobilized to boost turnout on Election Day—and, if necessary, demand that voters’ choices are respected afterward.
—Laura Gamboa, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2025
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Reuters, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
That’s why Deloitte is a founding member along with AT&T, Capital One, and Cisco of the Athena Pledge, which aims to mobilize investment, research and opportunities in the industry and to rally other brands and companies to increase investment and support for women’s sports.
—Lara Abrash, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Scores of Americans have also mobilized, particularly on college campuses, to demand the U.S. rescind its long-standing support for Israel.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
With the right infrastructure in place, the citizenry can be mobilized to boost turnout on Election Day—and, if necessary, demand that voters’ choices are respected afterward.
—Laura Gamboa, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mobilize
Verb
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From organizing food drives to donating recycling proceeds to global projects, EOLO is proof that small acts can scale.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The forty-three students in Tate’s charge visited all the city’s major sites, plus some often overlooked on school trips organized by white teachers: Frederick Douglass’s house, Miner Teachers College, and the Howard University campus that would later become Tate’s academic home.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2025
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That same year, however, U.S. troops in Syria and neighboring Iraq increasingly clashed with local militias aligned with Iran, escalating to the point of Trump ordering the killing of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force chief Major General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in 2020.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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All cardinals in Rome were summoned to a meeting Tuesday before a new pope is elected.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The phrase, summoning a kind of papal succession, alerted the political faithful that Sheinbaum had been chosen to succeed López Obrador as the head of his party, the National Regeneration Movement, or MORENA.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Mobilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mobilize. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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