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bunches 1 of 2

noun

plural of bunch

as in packs

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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as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit bought a bunch of grapes

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as in groups

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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as in sections

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

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as in loads

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

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bunches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bunch

as in protrudes

to extend outward beyond a usual point the dress bunches a bit at the waist

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as in piles

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 bunches

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Fatemian simply bunches each slice slightly, creating a ruffled, flower-like radish slice that is then inserted between the rest of the vegetables. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025 The radiation bunches up the electrons, leading to their amplifying only a specific wavelength, creating a laser beam. — IEEE Spectrum, 10 June 2024

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Noun

Amazon’s Apple AirTag Deals Right now, Amazon has discounts on both individual (second-gen) AirTags and four-packs.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 18 Aug. 2026
Fans of the game can also buy one of the company's new expansion packs — Bad Billionaires Pack, Big Balls Pack, Super Box or the Big Bad Bundle — with 10% of all profits going toward building the monument.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of packs

Noun

El-Sayed dismissed a potential fundraising gap in the race, which could occur if donors were pushed towards Rogers or if outside groups like AIPAC intervened on Rogers’ behalf.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Wednesday’s State Department announcement also traced the collective to leftist groups across Europe that posted materials about their attacks on rail and energy infrastructure.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of groups

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The judge later ruled in late 2024 that the two sections were unconstitutional.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026
Yet the agreement encountered intense resistance from the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, the communist left, and critical sections of Singh’s own Congress Party.

— C. Raja Mohan, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of sections

Noun

The team must improve the fabrication process, scale up the laser power, and determine whether the ceramic waveguides can maintain their optical performance under much higher loads.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
The rocket planes tested reaction-control systems for maneuvering where the air was too thin for normal aerodynamic controls, while gathering data on heating, stability, structural loads, human performance and piloting techniques during reentry.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of loads

Verb

Anything that protrudes above the shallow, insulating snow cover is more prone to being damaged by the cold and wind or eaten by wildlife, said plant ecologist Anne Bjorkman of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Other animals on-site include a stable full of horses and Cowboy the tortoise, who is about the size of a lawnmower and whose head protrudes from what looks like a Venus flytrap made of bone.

— Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of protrudes

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Once a week, Hall piles his three kids in the car, drives five minutes to Costco and turns into the second row of the parking lot.

— Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 30 July 2026
According to relationship experts at The Gottman Institute, couples who talk through those details in advance tend to adjust more smoothly and argue less about the small stuff that piles up after move-in day.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026

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