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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
scattered clumps of houses were visible from the air
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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots
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Recent Examples of clump
Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Another emerald eye was almost obscured behind a thick clump of needles.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
Consumer Complaints Led To The Recall Danone North America initiated this recall after receiving customer complaints about the following complaints:
Odd texture and separation – Consumers reported that the creamer was clumping or separating before the expiration date.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Magnetic switchbacks, where the solar wind appears to zig-zag, as well as eddies and clumps, not to mention the giant CMEs, are all inherent parts of the solar wind.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Another emerald eye was almost obscured behind a thick clump of needles.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
Rub together with your fingers until fragrant and mixture begins to clump.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
Consumer Complaints Led To The Recall Danone North America initiated this recall after receiving customer complaints about the following complaints:
Odd texture and separation – Consumers reported that the creamer was clumping or separating before the expiration date.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clump
Noun
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There was another notable cluster in 2012 in people staying in tent cabins in Yosemite.—
Judy Stone,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Amyloid plaques play a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s when small clusters gather at synapses in the brain and interfere with the nerve cells’ ability to communicate.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But, for example, the Russian Kosmos 1340, which weighed about 2 and a half tons, probably left behind a few chunks reaching the surface of Earth.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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For a good chunk of the premiere, that’s the chief conflict, and mystery.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Pretty much everything else is shuffled off to the infotainment system, a single circular touchscreen that lives in the middle of the dash.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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While events were shuffled around to fit a new schedule, the royals will also be about to pace themselves following the monarch's recent health setback.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Twenty-eight of those have launched batches of Starlink satellites to join the constellation.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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The new batch of six episodes, all written or co-written by its creator Charlie Brooker, reflects the full range of how the show has evolved to include new grooves — a mix of the horrific and the comedic, the hopeful and the nihilistic, the archly British and the sourly American.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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The appearance of lumps, wart-like growths, or open sores that don't heal within a few weeks is also a significant sign.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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However, during a physical provided by the WTA, the governing body of women’s tennis, the following year, another doctor encouraged Dabrowski to get the lump scanned.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Malone was more willing to lean on the trio of second-year players this year, but the Nuggets have gotten stomped in their minutes without three-time MVP Nikola Jokić.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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John and Carlile get loud here, stomping and slamming around for a tight little radio-length banger. 75.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Giants have done extensive work on a bunch of quarterbacks, as they are set to host Sanders, Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Louisville’s Tyler Shough for private workouts, per FOX Sports.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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For example, the boss tom with a bunch of hens will be hard to decoy in with a single hen.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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God bless—keep a big hunk of it.—
Jeffery Vacante,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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The hunk was accompanied by his father, Arnold Schwarzenegger.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Clump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clump. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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