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as in meeting
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
after an all-night huddle, the state legislature finally approved a budget for the coming year
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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
saw a huddle of tents that turned out to be a Scout encampment
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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
in the lobby during intermission huddles of theatergoers were excitedly discussing the play
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as in to crowd
to gather into a closely packed group
the puppies huddled together to keep warm
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Recent Examples of huddle
John Gallucci Jr, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Celebration topped off with Austin Corbett lifting him up in the huddle.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2025
Filip Timotija, The Hill, 16 Aug. 2025
Officials huddled up, and after a lengthy review, ruled that San Diego did not move early.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Imagine the complexity of communicating a play in the huddle in the red zone, drawing up a game-altering shot during a timeout or explaining a pitch sequence during a crucial at-bat.
—John Gallucci Jr, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Celebration topped off with Austin Corbett lifting him up in the huddle.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2025
Verb
Trump, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff, huddled with Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and top foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov, for nearly three hours at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage, Alaska on Friday.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 16 Aug. 2025
Officials huddled up, and after a lengthy review, ruled that San Diego did not move early.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for huddle
Noun
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The latest chapter played out at the Porter Plan Commission meeting Wednesday night, with a request to rezone Ind. 49 property to B-3 for a future hotel/restaurant.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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Simply uploading a meeting transcript to generate a summary can result in the inadvertent exposure of restricted content.—
Nino Letteriello,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Researchers attributed them to a threat actor cluster tracked as UNC6040/UNC6240.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Local innovation clusters have already proven the merits of co-location as a tool to accelerate progress, with campuses such as Manchester’s Citylabs showing how this model is already working in practice.—
Kath Mackay,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The organization’s data showed that drowning rates are rising too, with already at-risk groups like young children and seniors of all races and ethnicities, as well as Black people of all ages, seeing the greatest increase in deaths.—
Sophie Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The next group of Emerging Producers will be announced this Sunday at the Sarajevo Film Festival.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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But not everyone is comfortable with their local spots getting crowded with people mostly doing it for the ’gram.—
Stephanie Krikorian,
Curbed,
25 Aug. 2025
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In a market crowded with small-batch experiments and luxury price tags, Evan Williams BIB proves that old-fashioned quality is still a winning formula.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Duran crouched, hands on his knees, staring at his feet, as the Phillies’ training staff rushed to his side.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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If the animal appears scared or defensive, such as crouching, hissing, growling, or retreating, back off and call animal control or a local rescue.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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But West never made it to the gathering after police caught up to him at the airport.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
28 Aug. 2025
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Olsen will attend the October gathering in the chic Long Island getaway to support the U.S. premiere of the dramedy co-starring Miles Teller and Callum Turner.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Platforms that force clients to wait on batch files or guess their margin are eroding confidence.—
Bill Capuzzi,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Aug. 22).—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Aug. 2025
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To begin with, all of them clustered together in a single block, although there were three distinct groupings within that block.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Huddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huddle. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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