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clumping

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verb

present participle of clump

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clumping
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
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
Noun
  • But the film also makes a sometimes-dutiful effort to bring cohesion to Hunt’s decades-long collection of missions.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
  • And that means everyone has a role to play—especially leaders who are now responsible not just for performance, but for connection, cohesion, and clarity.
    Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • 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
Noun
  • Shortly after that vote, Kansas lawmakers in June passed a supercharged bonding plan in an attempt to lure the team across the state line.
    Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
  • What should be a bonding experience instead can become a feedback loop of stress without release and love without anchoring.
    Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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“Clumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumping. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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