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to move heavily or clumsily
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Recent Examples of clumping
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
Ginger may also support healthy blood flow by reducing platelet aggregation (the clumping of blood cells that can constrict blood flow, leading to blood clots).
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 21 Oct. 2025
Don’t shake the spices out of their container directly into a bubbling pot—you’ll expose them directly to steam and promote clumping.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
And, through it all, the objects with mass and/or energy in the Universe gravitate, clumping and clustering together to form a great cosmic web.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Taking the powder straight up might also mean some clumping around the gums, which can only help with absorption and increase benefits.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 22 Sep. 2025
There is less clumping with water containing a little starch, like water in which pasta has been cooked.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Ash retains moisture, which can lead to corrosion or clumping in the base of the grill.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
In a final step, the powder was mixed with a carrier liquid, in which the microparticles stayed suspended without clumping together.
—New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
Slow solvent evaporation causes particle clumping and pore collapse, weakening the precise structures required for efficient energy storage.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
Ginger may also support healthy blood flow by reducing platelet aggregation (the clumping of blood cells that can constrict blood flow, leading to blood clots).
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 21 Oct. 2025
Don’t shake the spices out of their container directly into a bubbling pot—you’ll expose them directly to steam and promote clumping.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
And, through it all, the objects with mass and/or energy in the Universe gravitate, clumping and clustering together to form a great cosmic web.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Taking the powder straight up might also mean some clumping around the gums, which can only help with absorption and increase benefits.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 22 Sep. 2025
There is less clumping with water containing a little starch, like water in which pasta has been cooked.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Ash retains moisture, which can lead to corrosion or clumping in the base of the grill.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
Generous clusters of aromatic flowers in lavender-blue, violet and purple grow on clumping plants to a height and girth of three feet.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
In a final step, the powder was mixed with a carrier liquid, in which the microparticles stayed suspended without clumping together.
—New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clumping
Noun
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Some of these agglutinations have a satisfying outlandishness about them: That smooching pair, for example, are wearing huge masks from the Bamana people of West Africa on their heads.—
JASON FARAGO,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2017
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If the patient is already infected with Proteus, then the same agglutination will occur when the Weil-Felix test is administered, and the patient will naturally test positive.—
Rebecca Kreston,
Discover Magazine,
31 May 2016
Verb
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The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Card-reading contact lenses, X-ray poker tables, trays of poker chips that read cards, hacked shuffling machines that predict hands.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Mamdani’s policy ideas include aggressive measures to stabilize housing costs for millions of New Yorkers, free public transportation, child care and a preventative policy approach toward crime that builds social cohesion.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Sara McDaniel, a designer based in Minden, Louisiana, shares a similar opinion yet looks to lighter paint colors for cohesion.—
Lauren Jones,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The sound of her stomping up the staircase causes her parents to share a look of weary consternation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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But only the faithful know everything about the Mushroom Kingdom’s shell-stomping messiah.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nothing will dampen your bonding time like being glued to a device.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
1 Nov. 2025
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Dogs’ favorite bonding activities include playing fetch, tug, or Frisbee.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Seven years of stumbling around.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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After stumbling into a massive camp full of refugees from Nilfgaard’s ongoing campaign, Geralt winds up witness to a witch trial.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The report also states that operators inconsistently used the hand rollers to promote adhesion of the part to the door sheet metal during production.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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These bilayers were covalently bonded via secondary UV curing, ensuring strong interfacial adhesion and stability over 100 actuation cycles.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Clumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumping. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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