aggregations

plural of aggregation

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of aggregations These sites often concentrate both wildlife and tourism, bringing together dense aggregations of animals and people in the same space. Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Conchs are slow-moving and must find a mate to reproduce, making dense breeding aggregations especially important for their continued survival. Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 27 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 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
  • Upstream, the automotive industry exists in productive symbiosis with steel, oil, glass, rubber, aggregates, concrete, electronics, engineering and construction, each transforming flows of matter first to value and then to waste.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • As water is applied to the garden, soil aggregates gradually break down.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by potentially harmful accumulations of two proteins.
    Mike McRae September 03, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, as a result of warming temperatures and historic accumulations of trees and brush, wildfires have grown larger, more complex, and more unpredictable—requiring hundreds and sometimes thousands of firefighters.
    M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Sadiq, with his versatility, is the key that unlocks those groupings.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Many of these countries were British colonies, some of which were also once part of British West Africa or British East Africa administrative groupings.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Robby stayed home, measuring the time between clusters of seizures in video games and cartoons.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Huddleston notes that first-year growth stays low to the ground as a leafy rosette, whereas in the second year, poison hemlock can reach up to 10 feet in height and is often found in large clusters.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Beginning in 1989, oil and acrylic paints gave way to olive oil, henna, tea, spices, and coffee, while animal glue, mud, and leather also shaped the group’s posters, paintings, and mixed-media assemblages.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Often these assemblages of items are tied together in a bundle or bag and may be referred to as hands, mojos, or gris-gris.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • For groups of six to 10, the library offers a private dining space that can be booked ahead.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The $177 billion finding represents nearly 10% of federal discretionary spending, the groups said.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • However, some boxwood varieties naturally shift color throughout the year, so slight bronzing in fall and winter is nothing to worry about.
    The Spruce, The Spruce, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Here, your guide to the metaphorical — and literal — cream of the crop for fall, coming in ranging intensities and fruity and dessert-like varieties.
    Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • D3Energy has already completed floating arrays for Del-Co Water in Delaware and the City of Lima at Twin Lakes Reservoir.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In the foreground, the telescope's payload adapter can be seen, while just behind, the orbital observatory floats into the blackness of space with its solar arrays still folded for launch.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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“Aggregations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggregations. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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