beaded

verb

past tense of bead
as in pelleted

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  1. clumped
  2. bunched
  3. lumped
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  • With all those stars clumped together, even fainter globular clusters will typically be easier to spot than the smaller variety.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The heroine’s eyes are filled with yearning, her eyelashes glistening and ever-so-perfectly clumped?
    — Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 5 July 2026
Definition of clumped
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  • Harold’s men waded into water with their tunics bunched around their bare thighs.
    — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The designer believes that the gown got bunched up during Diana’s carriage ride to the church.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 29 July 2026
Definition of bunched
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  • The collective term lumped these women together, robbing them of individuality, and reducing them to merely decorative fixtures of Premier-league broadcasts while erasing their individual accomplishments.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • All players from all eras not currently in the Hall of Fame will all be lumped into one category for nomination.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of lumped
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