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noun

ˈbənch How to pronounce bunch (audio)
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as in crowd
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially that bunch goes out to lunch together every Friday

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2
as in batch
a number of things considered as a unit bought a bunch of grapes

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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit a small bunch of people were sent to clean up the place

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4
as in projection
a part that sticks out from the general mass of something a bunch in the blanket

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as in dozen
a considerable amount I have a bunch of thoughts on the matter, so grab a notepad

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bunch

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verb

1
as in to poke
to extend outward beyond a usual point the dress bunches a bit at the waist

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2
as in to crowd
to gather into a closely packed group the slow service caused the customers at the pick-up counter to bunch up

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Recent Examples of bunch
Noun
Fans are excited that football is back, sure, but then the starters play a series or two, and a bunch of guys who aren't going to make the roster finish the game. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Fortunately, Green’s film exists — and was not thrown into a little black hole by a bunch of accountants, never to be seen again — and can surely help cure any of the pain its backstory still inflicts on movie fans and Tunes geeks. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
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The sides are also bunched together in the NWSL table, with Orlando in eighth place and ACFC a point behind in ninth position. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026 Shoppers note that the shorts are roomy and don’t bunch up, and that the elastic waistband is forgiving even while bloated. — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bunch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunch
  1. crowd
  2. batch
  3. group
  4. projection
  5. dozen
  6. poke
  7. huddle
  8. pack
Noun
  • And the jeers that White received from the home crowd at the end of pregame introductions might have spurred energy from the Fever players before and after the tilt.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The second attempt in March 2021 succeeded, with images showing crowds that had gathered to witness the launch.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of crowd
Noun
  • A day later, another batch of government data showed that prices paid to wholesalers by producers of goods had been left unchanged in July, coming in lower than economists’ expected.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Uganda received its first batch of nearly 20,000 doses of lenacapavir in February and began distributing it in April, one month behind schedule.
    — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of batch
Noun
  • Brazilians lead the way in seven different age groups, from Philippe Coutinho at 16 all the way to Neymar aged 31.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The group of officers included at least two plainclothes officers wearing bulletproof vests, who arrived in an unmarked car shortly before the shooting.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • The projections are a combination of the current Maxwell ratings and actual scoring patterns.
    — Loren Maxwell, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • So much of your twenties is about transference and projection.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of projection
Noun
  • More than a dozen people were affected when a multi-family complex in Denver caught fire on Wednesday.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Brokerages price crypto like an asset class, a few dozen basis points and falling.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of dozen
Verb
  • Dike was waiting in the middle to poke it home, giving Orlando a 1-0 lead.
    — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But regardless of any lack of confidence in Hamas’ true intentions, in Mladenov’s faith in the ability to verify weapons decommissioning, or indeed Netanyahu’s own willingness to order any troop withdrawals, why poke Trump so publicly in the eye?
    — Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of poke
Verb
  • Jones and Ware huddled in the hallway outside Compton's courtroom for more than an hour, coming up with a temporary proposal that was acceptable to both sides.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The concern was echoed Friday by Jessica Steele, who huddled under an umbrella with her three children, hoping to hear from Pritzker.
    — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of huddle
Noun
  • Highly versatile for work or travel, reviewers rave that the soft fabric packs beautifully without wrinkling.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Typically conducted via livestream, participants purchase the rights to a specific team or player and receive the eligible cards pulled for that team or player from a set number of packs or boxes.
    — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
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