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as in chunk
a small uneven mass
she dumped a lump of clay on the table and started to sculpt
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as in tumor
an abnormal mass of tissue
advised by her doctor to examine her breasts regularly for unusual lumps
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as in defeat
failure to win a contest
you can't win all the time, so learn to take your lumps in stride
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as in idiot
a stupid person
gazed disgustedly at the lump her daughter had married
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as in hulk
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
standing next to those ballet dancers, with their graceful way of moving, I felt like a lump
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as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
when we lumped all of our pocket change together, we found that we had just enough a buy a carton of ice cream
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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
while I was on crutches, I was lumping about the house like an elephant
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Recent Examples of lump
Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Just a few months earlier, in November 2023, her fiancé (then boyfriend) discovered a blueberry-sized lump in her left breast.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 15 May 2025
Ian Cooper, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
There’s narrative justice in lumping him with the weasel, the depraved, the criminal, the pedophile.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
Under the wages provision in the new contract, a firefighter who has been on the force for five years, earning $57,900, would get a 5 percent lump sum payment of $2,895.
—Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 24 Jan. 2020
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Noun
In a Harper's Bazaar cover story published on Thursday, April 24, the supermodel, 59, spoke about the several health struggles she's faced over the past decade, including surgeries like a double mastectomy, the removal of a lump from her chest, keloids and her cosmetic CoolSculpting procedure.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Just a few months earlier, in November 2023, her fiancé (then boyfriend) discovered a blueberry-sized lump in her left breast.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 15 May 2025
Verb
More troubling was being lumped in with Trump’s growing list of deadbeats, criminals and other miscreants.
—Ian Cooper, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
There’s narrative justice in lumping him with the weasel, the depraved, the criminal, the pedophile.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
States under the total lump sum block-grant model would be required to keep health service spending at a level of at least 80% of the target.
—Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
Under the wages provision in the new contract, a firefighter who has been on the force for five years, earning $57,900, would get a 5 percent lump sum payment of $2,895.
—Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 24 Jan. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lump
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Meanwhile, Noss estimates that 85 percent of species could be saved by simply protecting a sufficiently large chunk of each type of American ecosystem.—
Emma Marris,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2025
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As for rain, a large chunk of the middle part of the country will see wet, potentially stormy weather this weekend as a system moves through the Plains.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Most kids will recover from measles, but infection can lead to dangerous complications such as pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling and death.—
DEVI SHASTRI,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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For the first time in years, the swelling and pain disappeared.—
Suzy Katz,
Health,
16 May 2025
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For anyone unfamiliar, a tumor board is a multidisciplinary panel where specialists across the cancer continuum—medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, radiation oncologists, geneticists and sometimes ethicists—all come together to discuss complex patient cases.—
Sanjay Juneja,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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So when his young grandson develops a brain tumor, Joe needs a way to pay for the boy’s treatment and make amends for his own indifferent parenting.—
Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Another way in which partisanship has brought us to this incipient defeat of the constitutional order is that the Congress has been rendered all but incompetent by faction.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
30 May 2025
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Perhaps the most revealing setback came in the 3-2 Copa del Rey final defeat by Barca.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Like the ghostly hulk of the Titanic below the surface of the sea, Northbrook Court is a quiet and cavernous relic — at the bottom of the retail food chain.—
David Petitti,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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The first night, the characters are menaced by a bald hulk in overalls, wearing a clown mask with the mouth area (including his teeth) smashed in.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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Sightings for the study were collected across an area extending from Queensland down to Tasmania and across to New Zealand’s South Island.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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The rover carries 43 tubes, 38 of which are for collecting samples.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
21 May 2025
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The team then trained three seals–Nick, Luca, and Miro–to shuffle into place in front of a large screen and showed them the simulations.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 May 2025
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The next generation's most exciting opportunities won't be found in shuffling digital information but in reimagining the physical world.—
Richard Lebovitz,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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At more than 400 total feet in height, Starship towers over SpaceX's famous Falcon 9 rocket – one of the world's most active – which stands at nearly 230 feet.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Ramsay recently revealed that more than 500 of the lucky beckoning cats have been stolen from the restaurant — at a total cost of more than 2,000 pounds.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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“Lump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lump. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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