agglutinating

present participle of agglutinate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agglutinating
Verb
  • 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 proposal would split the council’s at-large positions into separate seats rather than lumping them together on the ballot.
    Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Eventually the star stops accreting matter, leaving the disk in orbit around it.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In many cases, similar accreting black holes are telltale signs of active galactic nuclei, but astronomers needed to examine the evidence more carefully.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Raynor picked Southeast Missouri State apart, completing 81% of his passes while accumulating 345 total yards and 3 touchdowns.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
  • As younger generations struggle to buy their first homes, boomers are accumulating wealth and tightening their grip on assets that millennials and Gen Z need to get richer.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 3 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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