1
as in assembly
a body of people come together in one place
a muster of concerned citizens
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2
as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
considering the muster of suggestions that were submitted for "word of the year"
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1
as in to summon
to assemble and make ready for action
a command to muster the troops
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2
as in to call
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 to contain
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 muster
Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
There are serious doubts as to whether such an ultimatum would pass legal muster.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
Josh Yohe, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
This current battle will not be an easy one for Harvard, but Harvard is not alone—as pillars of civil society muster the courage to stand in unison so that Harvard does not have to fight for freedom of expression, intellectual inquiry, educational advancement, and research contributions alone.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 19 Apr. 2025
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Noun
And, depending on the moment, Canal musters up the occasional show of bravery.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
There are serious doubts as to whether such an ultimatum would pass legal muster.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
Verb
In two games against the Panthers, the Lightning have mustered all of two goals.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
This current battle will not be an easy one for Harvard, but Harvard is not alone—as pillars of civil society muster the courage to stand in unison so that Harvard does not have to fight for freedom of expression, intellectual inquiry, educational advancement, and research contributions alone.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muster
Noun
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This was the 93rd EVA to be staged from the U.S. Quest airlock and the 275th overall in support of the assembly, maintenance and upgrade of the ISS, which has been continuously occupied by rotating astronaut crews since November 2000.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
1 May 2025
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Advertising around the 2025 Super Duty will emphasize its U.S. assembly.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
Noun
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This fungus cluster also generated airborne spores, infecting the soldiers.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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While red, inflamed skin was often seen as the norm, my flares—ranging from deep brown or purplish dry patches to clusters of tiny, itchy bumps—looked more like a disease to be feared and ashamed of rather than understood and treated.—
Raelle Kennedy,
Health,
12 May 2025
Verb
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Shoeless Joe was also summoned from the corn fields and brought back to ballot life by the commissioner’s ruling this week.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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An urbane middle-aged couple was summoned to the bar for prime seats just as the man was pulling up a BBC video about barnacle geese, a species that nests on high cliffs and whose flightless newborns fling themselves hundreds of feet to reunite with their grazing parents.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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Wildfire smoke contains very dangerous, tiny pollutants called PM2.5 that can travel deep into the lungs or enter the bloodstream when inhaled.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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But after it was shown to studio executives at British television channel ITV in 1983, the film canisters containing the pilot episode disappeared into the archives.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 May 2025
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The presentation of the female artist of the year trophy had an Oscars-style assemblage of previous winners forming a lineup to heap praise on this year’s nominees, something that was not afforded the menfolk in the equivalent gender category.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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These are richly imagined characters rather than assemblages of traits correlating with plot as if in a showrunner’s bible.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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If Jeff Bezos’s space company, Blue Origin, can make its own reusable rocket fully operational, Amazon will start flinging satellites up into the sky in big batches as SpaceX does.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
6 May 2025
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With the right systems in place, brands can move from batch production to real-time content orchestration across markets, channels and formats.—
Gully Flowers,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
Verb
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His secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security reportedly will not, for now, recommend doing so, but the potential impact: mobilizing troops to round up immigrants in American neighborhoods.—
Kica Matos,
Time,
2 May 2025
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With the emergency declaration came a flood of federal resources, as the U.S. military was mobilized to assist Border Patrol agents.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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But although households with lower net worths received fewer and smaller wealth transfers, their transfers comprised a larger share of their net worth.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
16 May 2025
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The company comprises two businesses, The Poke House and No Man's Land Miami LLC, according to the outlet.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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“Muster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muster. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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