aggregations

plural of aggregation

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of aggregations Along these beaches, sharks form loose aggregations in the summer and fall months, when ocean temperatures are warm and seas are calm. Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 So far this year, shark aggregations have been popping up in Los Angeles County near Will Rogers State Beach and Santa Barbara, Lowe said. Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 30 May 2026 Flotillas of them often come ashore along the Pacific Coast in the spring when offshore winds shift, but recent aggregations along beaches and just offshore have been especially dense along the California coast. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 6 May 2026 Even lead author Steve Hoge noted that while larger aggregations might exist, this is one of the biggest ever recorded. Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026 Steve Hoge, the lead author of the study, said there might be other larger aggregations that have yet to be identified, but this was one of the largest ever recorded in literature. Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026 One of the largest and oldest recorded aggregations of ground-nesting bees in the world was hiding beneath a small cemetery in upstate New York. Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026 Previously Dixon has tried scout snakes, which lead researchers to breeding aggregations, and a tracking dog named Percy. Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026 In addition to attracting bees, the larvae’s perfume also draws other larvae, which could help them to form those flowerlike aggregations. Chris Simms, Scientific American, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggregations
Noun
  • Long Weekend largely aggregates and cross-promotes arts events already happening in the area on the first five days of July.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • Axon's Fusus platform separately aggregates shared community cameras, body cameras, drones and other feeds onto a real-time map.
    Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Most of the region received 1-3 inches in the past 24 hours, but accumulations between 5-7 inches in Lewisville and the western portions of Fort Worth were recorded in the past 24 hours.
    Michael Autovino, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • As the Eaton and Palisades fires roared across the Altadena area and the coastal Santa Monica Mountains in January 2025, the flames were fueled in part by accumulations of bone-dry chaparral, brush and other vegetation.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
  • These groupings leave out some players under contract in Sean Kuraly, Alex Steeves and Mikey Eyssimont.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026
Noun
  • Biren said the approach could enable clusters with up to 1,024 AI accelerator cards, significantly expanding the scale of computing systems needed to support increasingly demanding AI workloads.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • In 2022, Greenpeace’s investigative journalism arm, Unearthed, found the charred remnants of footwear and clothing from Clarks, Diesel, Michael Kors, Next, Nike, Ralph Lauren and Reebok at five brick kiln clusters.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • There are sketchbooks still to fill, assemblages missing one last red bottle, and a studio full of objects that have yet to be turned from one thing into another.
    Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • Who could forget the countless iterations of her squad, after all, the varied assemblages of laughing friends, mostly women, featuring in Swift’s Fourth of July carousels and birthday tributes and more through the years?
    Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • People can also learn about the breed through groups such as the Heart of America Samoyed Club — which hosts a dog show every spring — and the Samoyed Club of America, Light said.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • Representatives for the American Chemistry Council and Fragrance Creators Association, other groups opposing the measure, declined to comment.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • If using other varieties of cucumbers, remove seeds by cutting in half lengthwise; run bowl of spoon down center of cut edge to scoop out seeds.
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 July 2026
  • The varieties include Blended Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade, Blended Mango Strawberry Lemonade and a limited-time Blended Passionfruit Guava Lemonade.
    Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • The system relies on five microelectrode arrays surgically installed in Thomas’ brain, which machine learning algorithms then interpret brain signals denoting movement with nearly 85 percent accuracy.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
  • According to McDowell, SpaceX's FCC application states that each one will weigh 4,400 to 5,500 pounds (2,000 to 2,500 kilograms) and cover an area of 3,230 to 4,300 square feet (300 to 400 square meters) with its solar arrays extended.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 9 July 2026

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“Aggregations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggregations. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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