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as in batch
a number of things considered as a unit
a cluster of stars in the southern sky
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2
as in grouping
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a small cluster of reporters waited by the courthouse door
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as in to gather
to come together into one body or place
the mice clustered together into a small burrow
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as in to huddle
to gather into a closely packed group
all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake
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Recent Examples of cluster
Nelly Carreno, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
On Sunday, April 19, a 9%-illuminated waxing crescent moon will hang above the Pleiades open cluster.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2026
Sitting on a four-acre plot near Lily Lake, the building will cluster on its bottom floor services for the public to conduct county business, and a separate wing will include the commission chambers, according to design plans.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Even so, a few clusters could hold together long enough to reach our northwest counties, bringing wind gusts up to 60 mph and hail up to half-dollar size.
—Nelly Carreno, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
On Sunday, April 19, a 9%-illuminated waxing crescent moon will hang above the Pleiades open cluster.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
Lasers emit a single precise wavelength (630 nanometers); LEDs emit a broader range clustered around a target wavelength, making lasers more precise while LEDs are more diffuse.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2026
Sitting on a four-acre plot near Lily Lake, the building will cluster on its bottom floor services for the public to conduct county business, and a separate wing will include the commission chambers, according to design plans.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cluster
Noun
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Prosecutors say Kequn had been sourcing the ants from Mwangi, allegedly paying 60,000 Kenyan shillings ($463) for an initial batch of 600 ants, and 70,000 shillings ($540) for another batch of 700.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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At the time, chocolate was made in small batches, was expensive and not something everyone could afford to buy, ZIegler said.—
David P. Willis,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Only Every Brilliant Thing, the one-man show starring Daniel Radcliffe, with a $195 average ticket price, and Hamilton with an average ticket price of $219 and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child with Tom Felton $208 surpassed that grouping.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Your communication skills are the best way to gather allies, near and far, online and in real life.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2026
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This design-forward district blends high-end shopping with dynamic culinary experiences, art installations, gathering spaces, events, and more.—
Ellie Nan Storck,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2026
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The boiler is broken, so Kuhner huddles by a small space heater in his office in the winter.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The opening act had started playing—a local band that never broke out, Sacagawea—but Russ and Cherry just huddled a little closer and kept talking.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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Or was everyone present sufficiently schooled in Vermeer’s symbolic array?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The comments from von der Leyen and Metsola are not surprising – Orbán has been a massive pain for the European Union for most of his 16 years in power, clashing with Brussels over an array of issues.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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There, Blanton says, corporate lobbyists paid between $25,000 and $100,000 for lawmakers' attention, and a pro-business group called One Main Street paid $25,000 for their hotel rooms.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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However, this group’s tactics resemble those of Contagious Interview more than Lazarus, says Nick Carlsen, a senior investigator specializing in North Korea at the blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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As movie theater owners and studio executives converge on Las Vegas this week for the annual CinemaCon trade conference, a rare sentiment is emerging — optimism.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Wildlife officers then converged on a group of five hunters in January 2025, with the assistance of the Guernsey County (Ohio) Sheriff's Office and its drone operations.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The funding is aimed at supporting a three-pronged plan put forward by a South End, Roxbury, and Newmarket community working group in February that focuses on getting addicts off the streets, out of jail, and into recovery to avoid the chaos and crowding that worsens there each summer.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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Others would face court proceedings, conviction and incarceration, contributing to prison crowding.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Cluster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluster. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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