clumping 1 of 2

noun

Definition of clumpingnext
as in agglutination

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clumping

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verb

present participle of clump
as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots

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  1. agglutination
  2. shuffling
  3. cohesion
  4. stomping
  5. bonding
Noun
  • 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
Definition of agglutination
Verb
  • 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
  • James has been shuffling back and forth between the NBA and the G League.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of shuffling
Noun
  • Capito seemed uncertain if there would be cohesion with Trump moving forward.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • And bipartisan political cohesion to support pandemic prevention efforts has declined as well.
    William A. Haseltine, TIME, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of cohesion
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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
  • 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
Definition of stomping
Noun
  • Reducing Biden-era bonding requirements—particularly the offshore drilling bonding rule that threatens to saddle the industry with nearly $7 billion in obligations—would likewise free up capital.
    Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The excursion was part of a week of workouts, dinners and bonding organized by veterans Jarrett Stidham and Courtland Sutton.
    Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of bonding
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