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as in jumble
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a scrapbook that was a clutter of snapshots, diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings
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as in commotion
chiefly dialect
a state of noisy, confused activity
the clutter created by the exhibitors setting up for the annual state fair
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as in to burden
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as in to disarray
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Recent Examples of clutter
Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
From mysterious cords to DVD players that haven't been used since the dawn of streaming, outdated electronics are pure clutter.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2026
Those extra components do also clutter things up a bit.
—New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
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Noun
All the pricey bins and buckets in the world won’t be able to mitigate your clutter problem unless the root of the issue is dealt with.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
From mysterious cords to DVD players that haven't been used since the dawn of streaming, outdated electronics are pure clutter.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
Condiments Having too many condiments can clutter up your fridge quickly.
—Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2026
Those extra components do also clutter things up a bit.
—New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clutter
Noun
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Linderbaum, a Pro Bowl selection in each of the past three seasons, signed a three-year, $81 million deal with the Raiders at the start of free agency, which added additional intrigue to the commotion surrounding Baltimore’s abandonment of the Crosby trade.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Could hear what sounded like gunshots or commotion.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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If these safeguards advance, why is the emphasis not on reforming underlying financing practices—including deferred interest and retroactive interest models—rather than further burdening providers who are attempting to offer patients a lawful payment pathway when traditional coverage fails them?—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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The proposal would burden doctors with giving parents a highly detailed consent statement to be prepared by boards of medicine and osteopathic medicine, and forbid health authorities to order vaccinations during outbreaks of familiar or new deadly diseases.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Nine months after the House settlement was approved pertaining to a lawsuit against the NCAA, there is a massive wrinkle to the case that could potentially lead to further disarray around college athletics.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Notably, Bauhinia blakeana is a sterile hybrid, resulting from the cross-pollination of two different plant varieties.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Although Abel will be driving the meeting, Berkshire shareholders are likely to still poise a wide variety of questions to the company’s leadership.—
Yun Li,Alex Harring,Sarah Min,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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But, in historic gold-rush regions, prospectors use it to identify disturbances in the landscape that are suggestive of former mining operations, in the hope of finding overlooked stores.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Talks to purchase the animals began months before the April disturbance, and Simmons said her group wasn’t connected to the protests.—
David Fischer,
Fortune,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Then the fouls started piling up.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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With hundreds of vessels still stuck in the Persian Gulf and costs piling up, shipping companies are being whipsawed by uncertainty over how and when the Strait of Hormuz might reopen more than two months into the Iran war.—
Mae Anderson,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Especially among activists and academics, this explosion of identities has muddled Crenshaw’s neat system of greater and lesser disadvantage.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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But somewhere along the way the message of gratitude and goodwill got muddled.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Clutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clutter. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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