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as in gathered
to come together into one body or place
the mice clustered together into a small burrow
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as in huddled
to gather into a closely packed group
all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake
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Recent Examples of clustered
For me, the what-ifs clustered around getting the middle-of-the-night call.
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Betsy Lerner, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
At another location, people clustered around an emergency relief Wi-Fi site.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
During an earlier period of regular observations, the Hubble Space Telescope had found that stellar explosions called novas appeared to be clustered around the jet.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
Betsy Lerner, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
At another location, people clustered around an emergency relief Wi-Fi site.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
During an earlier period of regular observations, the Hubble Space Telescope had found that stellar explosions called novas appeared to be clustered around the jet.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clustered
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The annual event gathered almost 3,000 accounting and financial sector professionals from throughout North America to share ideas, learn best practices, and familiarize themselves with new products.Jon McGowan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Academic research should be gathered and summarized, ensuring that recommendations are well-supported by empirical evidence.James Broughel, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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All of a sudden, Season 2 became this juggling act of storylines, and some of the storylines converged and some didn’t.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement Welcome to Cayucos, where all the elements that make for California’s contentious housing wars have converged.Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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Cost of ancillary products and assembled components increased to $342,865 from $187,841, reflecting the component costs associated with the rise in perpetual license sales of progressive gaming systems.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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In London, the crowd assembled near a statue of Peter Pan, where handmade signs, balloons, and flowers were placed to honor Payne.Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
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Big Deal Investors piled into utilities, energy, and consumer staples as stocks had an unexpectedly strong September, according to monthly sector data from E*Trade that details net buying and selling on its platform.Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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Daphne Guinness, Amanda Harlech, Renzo Rosso, French singer Lucky Love — and perhaps Galliano himself, Margiela reps teased — piled into the Cinema Balzac, whose plush red seats and red curtains were bathed in red light.Miles Socha, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
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In 1913, after Lane had been removing his patients’ colons for five years, a panel of the Royal Society of Medicine was finally convened to interrogate the wisdom of resorting to surgery to combat chronic constipation.Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
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The reverend has previously convened Adams, New York’s attorney general, lieutenant governor, City Council speaker, the Manhattan and Bronx district attorneys, all of whom are Black, to celebrate the historic representation across state and local government.Aaron Morrison and Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Clustered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clustered. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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