Thesaurus results for ASSEMBLIES

assemblies

noun

plural of assembly

as in conferences

a body of people come together in one place the usual assembly of early morning commuters waiting at the train station

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as in congregations

a body of persons gathered for religious worship the preacher addressed the assembly in somber tones

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as in meetings

a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose attendance at the awards assembly is mandatory

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Recent Examples of assemblies Effective immediately, the city will not issue new permits to the affected parties for assemblies, parades, special events and noise. — Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Anduril relies on Applied Aerospace to deliver the physical aircraft, supplying everything from the engine fuselage and main landing gear assemblies to the wings and horizontal stabilizers. — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 The production model is designed to allow major components and assemblies to be manufactured before final vessel integration. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026 SpaceX designed Starship’s two stages to fly back to a launch tower for a catch by large metal assemblies and accomplished that with boosters on the rocket’s fifth, seventh, and eighth flight tests. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 In my own experience, distributing work across the country can create jobs, revive investment in small and medium-size suppliers and reduce bottlenecks by producing modular assemblies outside of congested shipyards. — George Whittier, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The order also dissolved the national legislature, the country's 10 state governments and their assemblies, as well as authorities in three administrative areas. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 The roadmap calls for Russia to help establish production in Iran of individual parts and assemblies for Russian aircraft. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 But even the regions that have adopted citizens’ assemblies are a long way off from achieving Landemore’s vision. — Esther King, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026

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In the eyes of the conferences, and CFP committee, the allure of a postseason bid is the carrot that would dangle in front of them so that fans would look the other way at the nonsense this creates for the football played in September or October.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
These conferences are hosted every four years by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and discuss measurement issues with member states worldwide.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

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The seven temples — at a conservative estimate — represent congregations of about 15,000 people, said Jasjit Singh, a Sikh community leader and trustee for the Sacramento City Unified School District.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
In September, the LDS church stated its opposition to Prop 1 in a letter that was read on two different days in all of its congregations, Whitlock said.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 12 Oct. 2026

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Documents detailing meetings in April and August between the government, the WHO and other health partners, reviewed by Reuters and not previously reported, show how efforts to act fast may have led to shortcomings.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Last month, citing anonymous sources, Reuters reported that Solidigm was considering an initial public offering and had held pitch meetings with investment banks.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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Beginning in 1989, oil and acrylic paints gave way to olive oil, henna, tea, spices, and coffee, while animal glue, mud, and leather also shaped the group’s posters, paintings, and mixed-media assemblages.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Often these assemblages of items are tied together in a bundle or bag and may be referred to as hands, mojos, or gris-gris.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

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It was meant to connect Floridians in need with private charities and churches, moving them off government assistance.

— Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Over the past several decades, however, a growing percentage of people in Latin America, long a Catholic stronghold, have been embracing evangelical churches.

— Johanna Bard Richlin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of churches

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Brundage drove from Illinois to attend Luftgekühlt and regularly participates in Porsche rallies and gatherings.

— Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Friday there will be workshops at venues along Broadway during the day, along with gatherings at the Black Panther Party Museum followed by a celebration at the Oakland Museum of California.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of gatherings

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Storyteller Overland Storyteller also enhances the rear’s role as a storage garage, adding MOLLE-style organizational panels to the underside of the bed.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Floated earlier this year, a separate bid to have political appointees—rather than independent expert panels—decide grant recipients garnered significant backlash.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

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