as in shuffled
to move heavily or clumsily
a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots
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Recent Examples of clumped
These areas mimic a natural desert oasis environment, where trees are clumped together and left to grow naturally, producing fruit and nourishing the local wildlife.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
The other layers of the cloud, where material is less densely clumped but temperatures are warmer, is where most of the methanimine seems to be forming.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Venus, Mercury, and Saturn will be clumped together just above the west horizon, the publication said, before setting an hour after sunset.
—Joshua Bessex, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Individually Quick Frozen, vegetables are flash-frozen in single layers rather than clumped together.
—Amber Love Bond, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
Scientists can study this map to see how dark matter has clumped up over billions of years.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The tree branches are pretty clumped together, versus having lots of individual limbs to bend.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
Grant’s eyelashes were noticeably accentuated and clumped together on the top and bottom using mascara only.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
Bees and wasps flitted together on yellow flowers, and as the day wore on, gnats clumped in beams of sunshine to make a kind of haze.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
The other layers of the cloud, where material is less densely clumped but temperatures are warmer, is where most of the methanimine seems to be forming.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Venus, Mercury, and Saturn will be clumped together just above the west horizon, the publication said, before setting an hour after sunset.
—Joshua Bessex, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Individually Quick Frozen, vegetables are flash-frozen in single layers rather than clumped together.
—Amber Love Bond, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
Scientists can study this map to see how dark matter has clumped up over billions of years.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The tree branches are pretty clumped together, versus having lots of individual limbs to bend.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
Grant’s eyelashes were noticeably accentuated and clumped together on the top and bottom using mascara only.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
Bees and wasps flitted together on yellow flowers, and as the day wore on, gnats clumped in beams of sunshine to make a kind of haze.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clumped
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While those votes are ongoing, expect bill language to be shuffled in and out of bills as lawmakers scramble to find homes for their priorities in the final hours.—
Kaitlin Lange,
IndyStar,
27 Feb. 2026
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Ford has since shuffled the packages around in a 2025 consolidation that will go down as the closest thing the new Bronco received to a mid-cycle refresh.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
25 Feb. 2026
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There were some cool stunts which traveled around the world, read in Italy Ghostface was stomped in the snow, Ghostface artwork and trailers were projected on major landmarks around the world, and there was a Scream house in the UK.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2026
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On her final attempt, Gu stomped a left double-cork 1260 with a toxic grab, vaulting from sixth place into silver-medal position.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The drunk boys urinated on the property, threw up in the backyard and stumbled and fell on the patio, the documents state.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The girls were found Monday evening by a dog walker who stumbled across the first body in the vicinity of East 162nd Street and Midland Avenue, near an all-boys public school called the Ginn Academy School, and called the police.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Clumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumped. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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