as in rallying
an act of gathering forces together to renew or attempt an effort called for the prompt mobilization of all national resources to combat the deadly epidemic

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Recent Examples of mobilization Decades later, a similar mobilization against an exaggerated threat—Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq—led to a disastrous and drawn-out conflict, domestic turmoil, and the further decline of the United States’ international credibility. Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 Ukraine's National Resistance Center (NRC) said on Monday that the Kremlin aims to replenish troop losses by strengthening mobilization measures. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025 The first Women’s Marches helped engage many of their participants politically, and that mobilization didn’t end after the marches concluded, said David S. Meyer, professor of sociology at the University of California at Irvine. Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025 One state legislator wants voters to decide Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s White House nanny was wrongfully convicted What followed was the mass mobilization of white evangelicals into a movement known as the religious right. Randall Balmer, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mobilization

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“Mobilization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mobilization. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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