agglutinating

present participle of agglutinate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for agglutinating
Verb
  • Gerbera daisies have a clumping growth habit and may be divided at the roots, as long as separated clumps each have a least one crown, for propagation purposes.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In a final step, the powder was mixed with a carrier liquid, in which the microparticles stayed suspended without clumping together.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Some researchers argue that UPFs are too broad a category to be useful, lumping together yogurts and whole-grain breads with potato chips and candy.
    William Warr, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Dave Canales kept saying the Panthers had lost four turnovers, presumably lumping in Andrew Wingard’s would-be pick six with the turnover total.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • During observations made in August 2025, the team behind the new study found that Cha 1107-7626 was accreting roughly eight times faster than just a few months before.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Eventually the star stops accreting matter, leaving the disk in orbit around it.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Scientists continued the effort, eventually accumulating data from upward of 7,000 healthy individuals.
    Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Outer lanes are more prone to accumulating water.
    Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While sargassum plays an important ecological role in the open ocean, its massing onshore has become a serious problem.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Agglutinating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agglutinating. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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