muster
verb (used with object)
to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
is mustering
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present progressiveof muster (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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There, the Army Corps of Engineers is mustering about $1.2 billion taxpayer dollars to build a barrier that will, hypothetically, stop the carp from getting to the lakes.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2023
The Chinese central government said it is mustering manufacturers to send 100,000 hazardous-materials suits and millions of face masks to Wuhan, where hospitals reported a shortage of beds and doctors collapsing from exhaustion.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2020
But the coal industry is mustering all the weapons it can: lobbying, legislation, litigation and a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign trumpeting the benefits of “clean coal.”
From New York Times ● May 30, 2012
The super-telescopes in the Atacama desert Photograph: Sofia Ismail/BBC/Sofia Ismail In the Atacama desert in Chile, a new generation of super-telescopes is mustering.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2011
But while I am writing a disquisition on the etymology of the word, the "shiveree" is mustering at Mandluff's store.
From The End of the World A Love Story by Edward Eggleston
