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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
Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2025
Once these clumps grow to about 50 nanometers (roughly the diameter of a virus) moisture condenses around them into cloud droplets.
—Max G. Levy, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Paul Sutter, Space.com, 6 June 2025
Within the disk, the gas and dust particles started to collide, solidify and stick together, like snowflakes clumping together to form snowballs.
—Lucas Brefka, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
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Noun
This isn’t just because someone left a clump of hair in the drain—these environments can be breeding grounds for bacteria and nasty fungi.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2025
Once these clumps grow to about 50 nanometers (roughly the diameter of a virus) moisture condenses around them into cloud droplets.
—Max G. Levy, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Verb
In fact, this is the largest pattern found in nature, with galaxies clumping together to form clusters, stringing themselves along filaments that stretch tens of millions of light-years on a side, and extending along broad walls that separate vast regions of the universe from each other.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 6 June 2025
Within the disk, the gas and dust particles started to collide, solidify and stick together, like snowflakes clumping together to form snowballs.
—Lucas Brefka, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clump
Noun
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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The New City Department of Health is investigating the cluster.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So stir a couple squares in your morning oatmeal, sprinkle some chunks in a Greek yogurt bowl, or mix some chips into pancake batter for extra flavor—and fiber! 9.—
Audrey Bruno,
SELF,
4 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, pensions are largely extinct except in government, 401(k)s are too often spotty as replacements, and rent absorbs a huge chunk of paychecks for those without equity.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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From ones that incorporate fans to odes to classic binge-worthy TV, with the help of social media, everyone’s creative wheels are turning — and people are learning one new step after another, feet shuffling, turning, stepping with ease.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
4 Aug. 2025
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The coaching staff shuffled its depth chart, handing extra reps to players who had performed well over the previous nine practices and deserved a longer look.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The newest batch of openings follows Ernie Herrman, CEO of TJX Companies, announcing in May 2024 a goal of opening at least 1,300 additional locations globally across the TJX portfolio of stores.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Many speculated that a batch of two dozen factory-fresh Flankers Moscow had initially built for Egypt would now go to Iran.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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One day while exercising, a healthy 59-year-old semi-retiree felt a lump in his abdomen.—
Steve Vernon,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In 2021, the singer underwent emergency surgery in Miami after finding lumps in her breasts.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Jenna Ortega has stomped all over the press tour for the second season of Wednesday.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
6 Aug. 2025
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Some, snubbed by their companions, stomp off in a huff or peck adjacent fans instead, while youthful pairs looking to lock lips are thwarted by chaperoning adults.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And last season, despite that, the particular malaise has been our inability to hold on to single-goal leads (which resulted in a bunch of draws).—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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There were at least nine or 10 animals in the bunch; all but one left medium-size tracks.—
Fred C. Mercer,
Outdoor Life,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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By all objective measures, Elvis Presley was a hunk, a hunk of burning love.—
Kim Willis,
USA Today,
4 Aug. 2025
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Calculating the financial rewards of winning Rob Manfred’s hunk of metal is part of a front office’s job, if a team’s serious about going the distance (and many aren’t).—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Clump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clump. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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