batching

verb

present participle of batch
as in clustering

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for batching
  1. clustering
  2. grouping
  3. stacking
  4. bunching
  5. assembling
  6. piling
  7. collecting
  8. lumping
Verb
  • Winter meant going with her grandmother to the famed butterfly clustering site at the Monarch Grove Sanctuary in the town of Pacific Grove.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Leaders can reduce transition tax by clustering similar work, shortening meeting chains, and creating reset rituals between modes.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of clustering
Verb
  • Avoid overwhelm in your closet by grouping together small items in a basket or container.
    — Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 16 July 2026
  • For even better results, try hydrozoning, which involves grouping plants by their water needs.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2026
Definition of grouping
Verb
  • The Western practice of stacking your engagement ring and wedding band on your left ring finger is not actually the norm in every culture.
    — Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 17 July 2026
  • Halle Berry has publicly discussed taking magnesium and creatine to manage brain fog, giving supplement stacking mainstream visibility.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
Definition of stacking
Verb
  • It’s made from a breathable cotton blend with a bit of stretch, has removable pads that are designed to keep their shape without bunching up, and comes in 23 colors and patterns.
    — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
  • This helps relax the fabric and keeps it from bunching up as much.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
Definition of bunching
Verb
  • Recipe Tips for Sailor Sandwich Browning the pastrami and knockwurst before assembling the sandwich builds flavor and removes moisture from the meats, which helps keep the bread crisp.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
  • The company is now assembling the Starcloud-2 mission, a 450 kg satellite with 8 kW of power generation.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • High energy costs have been highlighted as a key issue, piling pressure on policymakers to ramp up North Sea oil production even as Britain pushes ahead with its net-zero carbon goals.
    — Chloe Taylor,Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 20 July 2026
  • At times, on her way to an event, Machado found heavy machinery tearing up the ground, or tractors piling soil in the road.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of piling
Verb
  • Some collectors are also looking beyond traditional categories of collecting and are interested in rare objects with a strong story behind them.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026
  • One of the biggest challenges in robotics is collecting enough training data.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of collecting
Verb
  • There were some who diminished the novels, lumping them with the frothy stories of such bestselling contemporaries as Danielle Steel or Judith Krantz.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • DeSantis has targeted Democrats for defeat by lumping parts of deep-blue Broward with red pockets in adjoining counties that have nothing in common with cities such as Plantation, Sunrise and Weston.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
Definition of lumping
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