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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
Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 2 Oct. 2025
How To Deep Clean Your Kitchen Step 1: Declutter
Start by removing any items that do not belong in the kitchen, as well as any small appliances, utensils, or dishes that are cluttering your countertops.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Black widows are attracted to homes by prey, clutter, and dark, secluded areas like garages and sheds.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The Cato Institute’s Chris Edwards tallied the full scope of Washington’s handout empire: 2,623 benefit and subsidy programs now clutter the federal budget.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 2 Oct. 2025
How To Deep Clean Your Kitchen Step 1: Declutter
Start by removing any items that do not belong in the kitchen, as well as any small appliances, utensils, or dishes that are cluttering your countertops.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
There’s also a markdown on these popular storage bags, which can neatly store off-season clothes, spare bedding, and more closet clutter.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Black widows are attracted to homes by prey, clutter, and dark, secluded areas like garages and sheds.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clutter
Noun
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Shannon moans right about the time Jenn walks out to see what the commotion is all about.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
10 Oct. 2025
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Glenn wasn’t met with cheers or the sounds of flashing cameras — there was a distinct lack of commotion.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Nearly 60% of greater Miami renters are cost-burdened, a term for people who spend at least 30% of their monthly income on housing.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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The shortages have impacted 911 call response times and have left officers feeling burdened and overworked, often having to sacrifice personal time to cover events and political rallies, Redford has said in previous interviews with The Charlotte Observer.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
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Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.—
Yasmine Salam,
NBC News,
2 Dec. 2023
Noun
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The event can be prompted by a variety of factors, such as a flight-or-fight response, sensory stimulation or curiosity.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Of the varieties of beans available, a half-cup serving typically provides 5 to 10 grams (g) of protein.—
Jennifer Lefton,
Verywell Health,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cornell would arrive at the scene of these disturbances in a suit and tie, carrying a bag containing notepads, tape recorders, cameras and, on occasion, other, homemade instruments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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The works, which were still under video surveillance, sat unopened all weekend, with no unusual disturbances recorded.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some food-safety inspections were temporarily suspended, trash piled up in national parks, federal landmarks and museums closed, and some airports shuttered checkpoints due to fewer Transportation Security Administration officers to screen passengers.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
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As the fixtures piled up, so did their injury list.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The election result was muddled from the start.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Their five-game NLDS will muddle their pitching somewhat, but the Brewers had the lowest staff ERA in the National League because of the strength of their full staff.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Clutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clutter. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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