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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
scattered clumps of houses were visible from the air
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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots
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Recent Examples of clump
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
Sifting aerates the flour and helps to break up any clumps.
—Sarah Carey, Martha Stewart, 22 Feb. 2026
Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Individually Quick Frozen, vegetables are flash-frozen in single layers rather than clumped together.
—Amber Love Bond, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Lift the entire clump from the ground and shake off any excess soil.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
Sifting aerates the flour and helps to break up any clumps.
—Sarah Carey, Martha Stewart, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
These are gold NPs that clump together and form tiny spheres.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Individually Quick Frozen, vegetables are flash-frozen in single layers rather than clumped together.
—Amber Love Bond, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clump
Noun
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Of course, there are also regions that have hot, ionized material in the way, such as around active galaxies or in passing through galaxy clusters that have hot, X-ray emitting intracluster mediums.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Mar. 2026
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Brick villas arranged in clusters have rooms in browns and creams; most come with balconies facing the Red Sea.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Heat entered Tuesday’s game without a chunk of its preferred rotation, missing rotation regulars Tyler Herro (left quad soreness), Norman Powell (right groin strain), Kel’el Ware (right shoulder strain) and Andrew Wiggins (left big toe sesamoiditis).—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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Downstairs in his Baltimore row house, cloudy brown water with chunks of human waste was coming up from the shower drain.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Knuckles is headed to Houston as the Detroit Lions shuffle the deck on offense.—
Christian Romo,
Freep.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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What supports will schools offer to students who are emotionally impacted by this sudden disruption, especially those who have already been shuffled around multiple times?—
Randy Ribay,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The first major trove of Epstein files was made public last December, when the Department of Justice published multiple batches of documents culminating just before Christmas.—
Taylor Lorenz,
Vanity Fair,
4 Mar. 2026
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As if ice cream wasn’t enough, your childhood favorites are getting a glow-up thanks to Nerdy Nuts, a handmade, small-batch peanut butter brand.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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My son, a lump of breath that fell into the world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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And while some can work magic with a claw clip, others struggle to avoid lumps and bumps without invoking gels and wax.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
8 Mar. 2026
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Three weeks later, Jalloh allegedly assaulted an older male and stomped his head into the ground.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Mar. 2026
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This wasn’t the three-time Cy Young Award version of this man who stomped through their clubhouse doors this week.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Some tricks to slow down ripening and prevent bruising include separating bananas from the bunch, hanging them from a hook, and wrapping their stems in plastic wrap to prevent the release of ethylene gas.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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Each team has to drag three giant snakes through a bunch of obstacles and then get a ball through a snake maze to win immunity.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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That’s a $131,069 hunk of luck.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
1 Mar. 2026
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John’s portrayal as a soulless hunk might have its seeds of truth.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Clump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clump. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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