beaded

verb

past tense of bead
as in pelleted

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  1. clumped
  2. bunched
  3. lumped
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  • Their ordinary matter — their gas and dust — swirled about and got clumped up.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • This explains why the isotopes are so well mixed rather than clumped, and also tells us that Bennu's parent probably formed not long after Jupiter did.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of clumped
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  • 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
  • Along the way, there are a smattering of sea days, typically bunched together in two- or three-day chunks.
    — Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 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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