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as in protruding
to extend outward beyond a usual point
the dress bunches a bit at the waist
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as in crowding
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 bunching
Too much bunching on the leaderboard.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
This helps relax the fabric and keeps it from bunching up as much.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
In a 3-1 loss to the Giants, the Dodgers scored their only run by bunching four walks in one hitless inning.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
This set, which includes a quilt and matching shams, features a box-stitch pattern that prevents fill from bunching.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2026
Athletes and outdoor lovers will appreciate that the underarm gussets promote mobility, while rolled forward shoulder seams help to prevent bunching and chafing underneath backpack straps.
—Harry Spampinato, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
It’s finished with blue trim for a pop of color, and the plush all-season comforter is quilted to keep the fill evenly distributed without bunching.
—Jacquelyn McGilvray, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
The shoulder cut-out is designed for side sleepers, so there’s no pillow-bunching or spine-contorting in the process of getting comfortable.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
This helps relax the fabric and keeps it from bunching up as much.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
In a 3-1 loss to the Giants, the Dodgers scored their only run by bunching four walks in one hitless inning.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
This set, which includes a quilt and matching shams, features a box-stitch pattern that prevents fill from bunching.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2026
Athletes and outdoor lovers will appreciate that the underarm gussets promote mobility, while rolled forward shoulder seams help to prevent bunching and chafing underneath backpack straps.
—Harry Spampinato, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
It’s finished with blue trim for a pop of color, and the plush all-season comforter is quilted to keep the fill evenly distributed without bunching.
—Jacquelyn McGilvray, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
The shoulder cut-out is designed for side sleepers, so there’s no pillow-bunching or spine-contorting in the process of getting comfortable.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunching
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Its protruding ribs and spiky hair are frozen in midair, like a cornered cat.—
Mary Wenthur,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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Floating above the soundstage was a massive eyeball with a rainbow runway carpet protruding from it like a tongue.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Residents in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood are raising concerns over Waymo vehicles crowding their streets.—
Angeline Jane Bernabe,
ABC News,
15 May 2026
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Perhaps it’s meant to suggest the weight of history or the state apparatuses crowding characters into the bottom of the frame, or space that’s occupied by unseen spirits (Goethe himself?—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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Before Sweets could be dressed and draped for surgery, the three feet of stick poking out of her body needed to be addressed.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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British politics in 2026 is a landscape of meh, with Farage’s grin poking over the horizon.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Squeri’s next sojourn as CEO after visiting Buffett in Omaha was huddling with Delta’s Bastian in Atlanta.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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No officials huddling up and putting on headphones.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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But if the gland expands or droops, which is common with age, a portion of it can escape those confines, bulging out below the jawbone and appearing as a lump in the neck.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
14 May 2026
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Even casinos with bulging coffers have an upper limit.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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When Sarah’s eyes moved from the map to the paper piling up in my writing nook marked with the chicken scratchings of a madman, her eyebrows arched to the highest point eyebrows can arch.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Martin acknowledged piling bison carcasses in a gulley for erosion control.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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“Bunching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunching. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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