AGGLUTINATING Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

agglutinating

verb

present participle of agglutinate

as in clumping

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Micelles that form in the liquid dope prevent the messy, disordered proteins from clumping and getting tangled.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Proteins and blood cells Proteins and DNA can gather on plastic surfaces, and lysozyme, a common test protein, also began clumping into aggregates there.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of clumping

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Moros, too, took issue with lumping Hispanics together as a monolithic voting bloc, citing the need for nuance.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Sony Pictures and filmmaker Sam Mendes have been mulling some innovative ideas for the release of their four Beatles biopics — including lumping together the films’ box office returns.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of lumping

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An example of this is WD J1330+6435, a cool white dwarf located around 326 light-years away, which has been accreting rocky material from a planetary companion.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026
And thoroughly mixed across space before accreting into meteorites.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of accreting

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In people with Alzheimer’s, amyloid plaques and tau tangles build up in the brain and begin accumulating years before noticeable symptoms surface.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 11 Nov. 2026
Goldman Sachs reiterates CoreWeave as buy The investment bank said investors should keep accumulating positions in shares of CoreWeave following earnings on Tuesday.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of accumulating

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Despite the uncertainty, much of the public health establishment is massing against social media.

— Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
As technology changes battlefields, traditional principles for creating a military advantage—such as maneuvering forces and massing combat power—are becoming harder to apply, driving wars toward attrition.

— NADIA SCHADLOW, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of massing

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