aggregations

plural of aggregation

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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
  • Widespread, measurable rainfall is expected, with accumulations of 1 inch or less in most areas.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Scale and proportion also play a major role in helping groupings look balanced.
    Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2026
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • This Asian shrub fits easily into gardens, with a dense, compact habit and clusters of tiny pink or white flowers in late spring or summer.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • The city had worked for years to draw new businesses and modern apartment complexes that the area, and officials have been frustrated about clusters of apparently jobless and homeless people making residents uncomfortable.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 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
  • The European Union has banned AI that encourages dangerous behavior in vulnerable groups like children, and mandated transparency requirements for other chatbots.
    Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • As noted by Beard, this board was built with a deliberateness and purpose to ensure that the women had the runway to impact decision-making, advise the athletes, and construct the next basketball league alongside the co-founder groups.
    Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • Today, some bright spots aside, the Art Deco District’s historic commercial spine is a drab length of vacant and unkempt storefronts, smoke shops, liquor stores, fast-food outlets, cheap T-shirt emporia and other varieties of tourist trap.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Celebrity Chef Eric Adjepong, a festival anchor, was particularly impressed by the diverse mango varieties, noting their versatility beyond sweetness for both savory and sweet dishes.
    Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • They’re also equipped with solar arrays that generate twice as much power as prior generations, a SpaceX business analyst explained in a livestream.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • CorPower's commercial plan involves clustering dozens of buoys into arrays called CorPacks, each capable of producing hundreds of megawatts.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026

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“Aggregations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggregations. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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