agglutinating

present participle of agglutinate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for agglutinating
Verb
  • Generous clusters of aromatic flowers in lavender-blue, violet and purple grow on clumping plants to a height and girth of three feet.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 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
  • The pillows are also resistant to shifting and lumping, so the filling will remain evenly balanced, providing a reliably cozy place to rest your head every night.
    Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Because often what happens is lumping together the perimenopausal experience doesn’t necessarily let someone tell their individualized story, which may different to other conditions.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 15 Oct. 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
  • The colder conditions will raise the potential for accumulating snow across parts of the Midwest and the Appalachians, including areas farther south and at lower elevations than usual, AccuWeather said.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Detroit could also see accumulating snowfall from Sunday morning into midday, possibly affecting busy urban and highway traffic routes.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Also try massing in borders or foundation plantings.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
  • 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 8 Nov. 2025.

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