BEADED Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

beaded

verb

past tense of bead

as in pelleted

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Their ordinary matter — their gas and dust — swirled about and got clumped up.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
When the researchers tested what the hydroxyl radicals could do, a common protein clumped together at the plastic surfaces — a sign that its structure had been damaged.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of clumped

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That's already very tightly bunched, but expanding it shows how close the margins are in college football this year.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Combed off her forehead and bunched at the back of her head, there’s something so diplomatic about Keri Russell‘s signature hairdo.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of bunched

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My last book was about a beach town, so I got lumped in with the beach read group.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
As former chair of the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, Villavicencio helped pass legislation to disaggregate public health data for diverse AAPI groups that were otherwise lumped into a few major categories.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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