: the sport of driving in automobile rallies (see rally entry 2 sense 4)
rallying
2 of 2present participle of rally entry 1, rally entry 3
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Noun
the rallying of students to support our petition for better bus service was made a lot easier by this morning's subzero temperatures
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Kelly Evans, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Big gains for Nvidia and other Big Tech companies had been instrumental in the S&P 500’s rallying to consecutive yearly gains of more than 20% for the first time since before the millennium.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
That was the goal, enlightening to people here, but also being a powerful rallying call to people in Russia, also because his perspective is so unique.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
And rallying looks like the hardest challenge for both humans and machines.
—Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Not only are stocks rallying, and bond yields staying contained, but one of the biggest problems for Europe since the war on Ukraine broke out--soaring energy prices--are now breaking to the downside.
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Big gains for Nvidia and other Big Tech companies had been instrumental in the S&P 500’s rallying to consecutive yearly gains of more than 20% for the first time since before the millennium.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
That was the goal, enlightening to people here, but also being a powerful rallying call to people in Russia, also because his perspective is so unique.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
And rallying looks like the hardest challenge for both humans and machines.
—Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Rallying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rallying. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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