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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
  • Waukee’s dining scene is in the middle of a full-on growth spurt, with new restaurants and bars clustering around the fast-growing Kettlestone district and Grand Prairie Parkway.
    — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Sacramento was crawling Saturday as crowds packed Bugtopia, winding between tables and clustering around displays with the restless motion of a human-sized ant colony.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of clustering
Verb
  • In 2023, Canali debuted Care, an umbrella program grouping all the brand’s eco- and responsibility-minded initiatives.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Williams kept the respective songs from each album close together, grouping them in three- and four-track clusters.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of grouping
Verb
  • The macro 2026 mission will be to mine moments of impact from the young players, as shown by Caleb Douglas, Jacob Rodriguez, Chris Bell and Michael Taaffe in Las Vegas, and to augment them, start stacking them up.
    — Keven Lerner, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In three dimensions, the familiar orange-stacking grocery store method is the densest possible arrangement.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of stacking
Verb
  • The Port of Shanghai has been working through the vessel bunching through mid-September.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The low-profile design fits smoothly under doors without bunching, while the anti-slip backing helps keep it in place.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of bunching
Verb
  • The second pillar allows the main shipyards to focus on assembling submarines, installing equipment and carrying out final tests.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • While the second batch of tortillas is in the oven, start assembling the tacos.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • The complaints have been piling up in the FCC's filing system.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Unopened mail - mostly from Blue Cross Blue Shield - piling up in apparently unused medical office in Crystal Lake.
    — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of piling
Verb
  • The agreement bucks the utility’s typical process of building, operating and sometimes improving power plants and other infrastructure, such as transmission lines, and then collecting that money from customers in their monthly electricity bills.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The sensors work by collecting large amounts of temperature data in real time.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of collecting
Verb
  • One of the two candidates for president, one of the country’s foremost politicians, was expressly lumping together a sizable American ethnic minority with external enemies.
    — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In 2021, the company started announcing growth from Azure and other cloud services, later lumping in some revenue from the GitHub and Nuance Communications acquisitions.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of lumping
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“Batching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/batching. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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