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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
Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
If the plaque weakens and breaks apart, large clumps are released into the blood stream, and a large clump can block an artery, completely shutting off blood flow and causing a heart attack.
—Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
Their small bodies are tricky to differentiate from pond scum or sticky clumps of algae in the dark.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
One study uses a new astrophysical computer simulation that models turbulence within the cloud, causing fragmentation into smaller, star-forming clumps.
—Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Continue propagating mature clumps by division in spring.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
There’s no bigger beauty bummer than buying a brand new mascara, only to apply it and have your lashes littered with clumps.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
When Christina says there was some pea-sized clumps of corn, God, pea-sized is rather large.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
This drought-tolerant grass grows over 3 feet tall in clumps.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
Add butter and pulse until the mix clumps together to form pea-size balls.
—Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
If the plaque weakens and breaks apart, large clumps are released into the blood stream, and a large clump can block an artery, completely shutting off blood flow and causing a heart attack.
—Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
Their small bodies are tricky to differentiate from pond scum or sticky clumps of algae in the dark.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
One study uses a new astrophysical computer simulation that models turbulence within the cloud, causing fragmentation into smaller, star-forming clumps.
—Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Continue propagating mature clumps by division in spring.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
There’s no bigger beauty bummer than buying a brand new mascara, only to apply it and have your lashes littered with clumps.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
When Christina says there was some pea-sized clumps of corn, God, pea-sized is rather large.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
This drought-tolerant grass grows over 3 feet tall in clumps.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 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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In addition to optimizing queries, Espresso routes queries between different compute clusters to maximize efficiency.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Yet, those clusters of information have more often led to more good decisions than bad, a lot of which is credited to the instincts of Begiristain.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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The hox gene clusters have two chunks of regulatory DNA that help set the activity of the genes within the cluster, one upstream of the genes, one downstream.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
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The ring particles mostly range from tiny, dust-sized icy grains to chunks as big as a house.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
17 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
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With Noni Madueke doubled up on out wide, Zubimendi shuffles backwards to receive the pass, and then fires a pass into Martin Odegaard, breaking the first two lines of the opposition’s 4-4-2 defensive block.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
11 Aug. 2025
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And Mendoza, who up until then had only brought over a few smaller batches of workers for other farmers, got to work on sourcing 300 of them for King.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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In the interim, Amazon's first Kuiper batches reached low orbit courtesy of the services of other commercial providers, such as United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket and — perhaps ironically, given Musk and Bezos' previous satellite feud — Space X's Falcon 9.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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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But a safe containing fat wads of cash and a large cocaine stash presents an opportunity.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Yet, when a star athlete—the rival who excels at everything—finally stumbles in a sport, a subtle surge of neurological pleasure briefly ignites.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Daniel, meanwhile, stumbles upon Laura's phone, which fell under a side table during her fight with Cherry, and listens to the recording of Cherry's mom, Tracey (Karen Henthorn), warning that her daughter is darker and more vengeful than Daniel ever knew.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Future Antarctic and radio-neutrino arrays will decide if ANITA glimpsed a phantom or a frontier.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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The team worked with four participants, each almost completely paralyzed, who had micro electrode arrays implanted in slightly different areas of the motor cortex.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Clumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumps. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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