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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
the standard grouping for an average living room: sofa, matching wing chairs, and the inevitable coffee table
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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
the next grouping of tourists can start the house tour as soon as the last bunch leaves
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as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type
you should first group the invertebrates by genus
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as in assembling
to bring together in one body or place
group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here
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Recent Examples of grouping
Paul Sutter, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
That grouping presented significant problems, and the Chargers, from Week 8 on, ranked fourth in third-down pressure rate, according to TruMedia.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2026
Assembling the Ni-Ti tubes into a working elastocaloric regenerator—a type of heat exchanger—involved grouping them into trios, and tightly fitting them into a strong plastic casing.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2026
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Noun
These linear groupings offer tangible proof of the cosmic web's intricate design, especially its more subtle strands.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
That grouping presented significant problems, and the Chargers, from Week 8 on, ranked fourth in third-down pressure rate, according to TruMedia.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
Wells recommends grouping cleaning products by function or room.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2026
Assembling the Ni-Ti tubes into a working elastocaloric regenerator—a type of heat exchanger—involved grouping them into trios, and tightly fitting them into a strong plastic casing.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grouping
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Much like snowballs are composed of clusters of snowflakes, planetesimals likely arose within the disks of dust that encircled the newborn sun from clouds of pebble-sized objects pulled together by their mutual gravitational attraction.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Small clusters of plants added strategically in front of a boxwood hedge can also soften its effect.—
Kelley Bruss,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Though the groups operate with some autonomy, Iran has provided them with financial support, weaponry such as drones, missiles, and training and intelligence.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
28 Feb. 2026
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Huitzilin exited his vehicle holding up his own camera phone alongside his wife, and the two groups got into a heated exchange, according to video played in court.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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The industry says classifying EWA as a loan could have the perverse effect of sending consumers back to higher-cost, risky alternatives such as payday loans or pawn shops by imposing unnecessary restrictions, such as mandatory fees, interest charges and credit reporting requirements.—
Cheryl Winokur Munk,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2026
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His team uses taxonomy — the science of naming and classifying species — to formalize new names from field notes.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
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There is nothing Eliot Wolf is paid to do that’s more important than assembling a roster capable of winning the Super Bowl.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Intel is now assembling its own graphics card, Tan said at a Cisco event earlier this month.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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As batches of dumplings were boiled in pots of water, her friend and co-organizer Xinyi Shen entertained with a presentation about the Lunar New Year in China.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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For months, Bill Clinton, 79, and Hillary Clinton, 78, largely ignored the matter in public but that became harder to sustain in December when the former president was featured prominently in the first batch of Epstein files.—
STEVEN SLOAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
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The neighborhood/area There are four other new hotels on this block (and more to come), and Noelle is the most refined of the bunch.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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What a bunch of hypocrites these people are.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2026
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An additional hurdle is that Mojtaba is not a high-ranking cleric and has no official role in the regime.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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Israeli officials told The Associated Press that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died in the attack, along with other high-ranking military officials.—
Suman Naishadham,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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Vonblum said the city is aiming to strike a better balance between providing developer incentives and collecting enough from developers to cover the community needs created by new housing.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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After Renee Good's killing, Smitten Kitten began collecting basic needs donations and were overwhelmed by the support from those who donated.—
Marielle Mohs,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Grouping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grouping. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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