as in agglutination
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as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots
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Noun
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If the patient is already infected with Proteus, then the same agglutination will occur when the Weil-Felix test is administered, and the patient will naturally test positive.—
Rebecca Kreston,
Discover Magazine,
31 May 2016 -
Some of these agglutinations have a satisfying outlandishness about them: That smooching pair, for example, are wearing huge masks from the Bamana people of West Africa on their heads.—
JASON FARAGO,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2017
Verb
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But the $12 billion decline in his fortune has more to do with asset shuffling than stock price movement.—
Julie Goldenberg,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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James has been shuffling back and forth between the NBA and the G League.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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By being in the office, the argument goes, employees are automatically immersed in the company’s values, social norms and informal interactions, all of which contribute to cultural cohesion.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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By The New York Times What does the storm look like from above? Satellite imagery can help determine the strength, size and cohesion of a storm.—
William B. Davis,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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After easily stopping Thanos and Nam-gyu from curb-stomping Ming-gyu at lunch, In-ho earns a lot of people’s respect.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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In a similar vein, Malloy’s musical score is almost anonymously eclectic — wistful ballads, stomping pop, a smattering of EDM — but threaded through with enough strains of Russian folk and klezmer to suggest a sense of place.—
Houman Barekat,
New York Times,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Many fundamental aspects of teamwork—such as spontaneous collaboration, real-time feedback and informal bonding—are harder to cultivate in a virtual environment.—
Daria Rudnik,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Brooks Nader and Gleb Savchenko had the ultimate bonding experience.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Clumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumping. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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