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: a number of things of the same kind
a bunch of grapes
b
: group sense 1
a bunch of friends
c
: a considerable amount : lot
a bunch of money
bunched; bunching; bunches
: to form into a bunch
-er/-est
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of a mine or a vein
: yielding irregularly: here rich, there poor
a bunchy vein of silver
Examples of bunch in a Sentence
Noun
He always had a bunch of keys on his belt.
Dried herbs hung in bunches from the kitchen rafters.
Verb
The child's tights bunched at the ankles.
the dress bunches a bit at the waist
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Holly Gleason, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
For the most part, the Croatia and England fans were a happy, cheerful bunch, sporting their teams colors, chanting happy tunes and enjoying the unique experience.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 14 June 2026
In underwriting the loss can run to many times the premium, so a model that is right 95% of the time but wildly overconfident the rest can still be ruinous if its failures bunch together in the wrong place.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
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Noun
Take a bunch of kids who’ve never been out of East Tennessee.
—Holly Gleason, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
For the most part, the Croatia and England fans were a happy, cheerful bunch, sporting their teams colors, chanting happy tunes and enjoying the unique experience.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
Verb
As the sun rose, the No 12 Cadillac of Louis Delétraz, Norman Nato and Will Stevens was well placed in the lead fight, before it got hit with a penalty for a slow zone infringement and the race’s second safety car with just under six hours left that bunched the field at the front.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 14 June 2026
In underwriting the loss can run to many times the premium, so a model that is right 95% of the time but wildly overconfident the rest can still be ruinous if its failures bunch together in the wrong place.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
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“Bunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunch. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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bunch
1 of 2 noun1
: a number of things of the same kind
a bunch of grapes
2
: group entry 1 sense 1, collection
a bunch of friends
3
: a large amount : lot
a bunch of money
bunch
2 of 2 verb
: to gather in a bunch
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