constellate

verb

ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌlāt How to pronounce constellate (audio)
Definition of constellatenext
as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place the museum has constellated many of the artist's most glorious paintings into one stunning exhibition

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Recent Examples of constellate To make sense of a correspondence, however complete or incomplete, is to constellate fragmentary evidence, and make surmises about what is missing (including what may not have been apparent to the letter-writers themselves). — Langdon Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2020 Kathleen Shafer tells Judd’s story, and constellating stories about art, history, landscape, weather, the mysterious Marfa lights, economics, sociology and, of course, real estate. — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constellate
  1. collect
  2. gather
  3. assemble
  4. accumulate
  5. amass
  6. corral
  7. garner
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  • Flora has collected contributions from unions, corporations including Walmart, Chevron and Uber, and major trade organizations and vastly eclipses the financial contributions that his challenger has received.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The benefits of having better fare gate technology go beyond collecting more revenue.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of collect
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  • Luann gathers everyone and literally gives Vicki her flowers and thanks her for putting Housewives on the map.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • More than 1,000 people were gathered at the site, and more than 50 shots were fired in at least two locations about a block apart in Vienna, Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy told WMAZ-TV.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of gather
Verb
  • The new leadership team that Skydance is assembling under the direction of Ellison and Ynon Kreiz, just recruited from Mattel to serve as co-CEO, has to navigate that dynamic.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Mallica Kumbera Landrus, the Ashmolean’s curator of Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian art, expressed excitement over the chance to assemble a trove of Bangladeshi art.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of assemble
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  • Instead, overtones accumulate and churn and a loose banner of guitar is draped across the song.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Because microorganisms in water turn regular mercury into methylmercury, a toxic chemical form that binds tightly to fish tissue, the heavy metal accumulates to higher levels in aquatic animals.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of accumulate
Verb
  • The former has amassed more than six million views on YouTube, with the latter surpassing two million.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • This newest update to the Uerzell comes at a busy time for Birkenstock, which has amassed quite an active release calendar.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of amass
Verb
  • Working with Urban Pioneering Architecture, Haughton corralled an all-Caribbean team of craftsmen and builders to renovate the four-story town house.
    — Camille Okhio, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026
  • It will be corralled into a separate drainage system that will take it across the street to a facility owned by Manatee County Government, where it is treated and disposed of down a deep injection well.
    — Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of corral
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  • Eisenberg’s film garnered considerable laughs — and applause — from the theater-going crowd at its starry NYFF screening that saw Eisenberg, the cast, producer Emma Stone and even Claire Danes in attendance.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The petition had garnered more than 12,000 signatures as of Wednesday afternoon.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of garner

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“Constellate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constellate. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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