Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agglutinating
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That’s also where the classic debate, clumping vs non-clumping litter, shows up.—
Svetlana Khachiyan,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025 -
Alzheon's product is meant to keep plaques from forming in the first place, by preventing amyloid proteins from clumping at all.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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Yes, Dallas and Fort Worth are two very different cities located about 30 miles from each other, but for the purpose of this article, the general lumping together of Dallas-Fort Worth as a metroplex works well, as both cities—along with several suburbs—offer numerous benefits for retirees.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Dec. 2025
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Using a single term to cover these heavier-than-helium elements makes some sense because the universe is overwhelmingly made up of the lighter stuff, so lumping everything else into one group makes the math easier.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
13 Nov. 2025
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X-ray data revealed that the black hole is accreting material at roughly 13 times the Eddington limit, placing it among the fastest-growing black holes known at this mass scale.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Jan. 2026
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Eventually the star stops accreting matter, leaving the disk in orbit around it.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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At that point, rain will become freezing rain, making roadways slick and hazardous with accumulating ice.—
Newsroom Meteorologist,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Jan. 2026
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Snow should begin after dark on Saturday and pick up quickly, accumulating to near double-digit inches by Sunday morning.—
Brandon Miller,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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Small clusters of troops from Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the Netherlands are massing for joint military exercises with Denmark.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
20 Jan. 2026
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In November 2021, while massing troops along its border with Ukraine, Russia threatened to cripple GPS if NATO got in the way.—
Letters to the Editor,
Washington Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Agglutinating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agglutinating. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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