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as in clusters
a number of things considered as a unit
scattered clumps of houses were visible from the air
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as in shuffles
to move heavily or clumsily
a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots
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Recent Examples of clumps
Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Keep drains clean and clear Fruit flies can breed in drains if there are clumps of food caught in your pipes.
—Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Other alternatives, including calcium carbonate and alpha aluminum, are plentiful but more difficult to evenly disperse in the atmosphere due to their tendency to create clumps.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Scientists are growing tiny clumps of living human brain cells and using them to power computers.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Whichever the case, the researchers are now curious to discover more characteristics of the intriguing object, including determining whether dark matter can exist in small clumps without stars.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Place the tubers upside down, allowing plenty of space between the clumps.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2025
Deer feces is usually small, fibrous pellets, but those pellets may form clumps.
—Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
None of these plants needs any attention other than to divide them when their clumps become overly dense.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Keep drains clean and clear Fruit flies can breed in drains if there are clumps of food caught in your pipes.
—Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Other alternatives, including calcium carbonate and alpha aluminum, are plentiful but more difficult to evenly disperse in the atmosphere due to their tendency to create clumps.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Scientists are growing tiny clumps of living human brain cells and using them to power computers.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Whichever the case, the researchers are now curious to discover more characteristics of the intriguing object, including determining whether dark matter can exist in small clumps without stars.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Place the tubers upside down, allowing plenty of space between the clumps.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2025
Deer feces is usually small, fibrous pellets, but those pellets may form clumps.
—Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
The alum then clumps the smaller, suspended fats together for easy removal.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clumps
Noun
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Five clusters of uniformed girls press together, arms uplifted, each holding up another girl who balances on one leg.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Warm, spicy notes from ground and candied ginger bring brightness to the rich, slightly bitter cocoa dough, while chunks of bittersweet chocolate add melty pockets of indulgence.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Oct. 2025
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And there were several chunks of minutes, particularly without Embiid on the floor, in which the Sixers were caught in lineups that didn’t have enough offense.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Gakpo is deeper, and Wirtz pushes forward as the central member of Liverpool’s forward line, while Ekitike shuffles across as the left of the trio.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Because global air travel shuffles millions of people around the world daily, an outbreak of a very contagious disease anywhere can become a threat everywhere.—
Amy E. Stambach,
The Conversation,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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If needed, brown the chicken in 2 batches.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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Samples from multiple batches of each of the 23 different products were analyzed to assess total protein, arsenic, cadmium, lead and other elements.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Mussolini stomps and swirls around, the camera keeping him and his increasingly frenzied supporters in sight.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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The guy just f****** stomps right on my face.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Hanging ornaments with care can be one of the highlights of the holiday season, but untangling wads of string lights is far less enjoyable.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Everyone gathered around to help flip the meat, stuffing wads of lettuce wraps into their cheeks and washing it down with soju.—
Irene Yoo
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But Zoë’s first adaptation stumbles out of the gate — in large part because this show isn’t really her show.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Oct. 2025
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With the three Premier League stumbles and a grating 1-0 Champions League shutout to Galatasaray, Liverpool found itself with four uninterrupted losses for the first time since 2014.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While largely conceptual in nature, the ramifications could soon help boost advancements in telecommunications and satellite arrays.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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In both, a band of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is seen above Earth's horizon, with the space station's solar arrays and the Kibo exposed facility in the foreground.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Clumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumps. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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