1
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
Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
The plants are soft and fuzzy, and their arching stems bear clusters of upright flowers in fall when other shade plants have finished blooming.
—Lynn McAlpine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026
Leonie Baier, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
The planets will be clustered low in the west-southwest for a short time, with Jupiter halfway between the southern horizon and overhead.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The frogs fall into multiple genetic clusters, though the researchers concluded only six or seven of those clusters qualify as distinct species.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
The plants are soft and fuzzy, and their arching stems bear clusters of upright flowers in fall when other shade plants have finished blooming.
—Lynn McAlpine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
Strikes launched from flight clustered near loud choruses, while nearly all attacks from perches occurred in silence.
—Leonie Baier, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
The planets will be clustered low in the west-southwest for a short time, with Jupiter halfway between the southern horizon and overhead.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cluster
Noun
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The first major trove of Epstein files was made public last December, when the Department of Justice published multiple batches of documents culminating just before Christmas.—
Taylor Lorenz,
Vanity Fair,
4 Mar. 2026
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As if ice cream wasn’t enough, your childhood favorites are getting a glow-up thanks to Nerdy Nuts, a handmade, small-batch peanut butter brand.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
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The most promising should be the white-collar grouping of professional and business services employment, which has been showing signs of improvement after three years of job shedding.—
Conor Sen,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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The grouping is playing so well that Sturm has resisted tinkering with it to help other lines to get going.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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As additional observations from telescopes around the world were gathered throughout 2025, scientists were able to refine its orbit.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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In a voice note sent by the second Tehran resident on Wednesday night, the sound of pro-regime demonstrators who had gathered for the first day of official mourning for Khamenei can be heard chanting in the background.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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But everyone else stripped down to their bathing suits, huddling in the heated confines of a womb-like space.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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But his wife’s family lives in Beit Shemesh, where a direct hit Sunday killed nine people huddled in a bomb shelter — the largest single death toll of any strike since Iran’s counterattack began.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This year California voters will choose a new governor, fill other statewide offices, elect 100 state legislators and 52 members of Congress and weigh an array of knotty ballot measures.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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With a $51K base price, the Toyota Tundra delivers for a wide array of usages and consumers.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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During a recent 36-hour blackout, a group of men cooked a large pot over burning tree limbs on the sidewalk of one of Havana’s main stately avenues.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Each housing site will connect to an outside courtyard with a garden and big communal rooms with group activities, Coates said.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The confirmation of both species’ survival came from multiple converging lines of evidence.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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The confirmation came from multiple converging lines of evidence.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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The race to fill the high-profile void Greene leaves behind as having been one of the most aggressive attack dogs of the MAGA movement is crowded, with more than a dozen candidates appearing on the ballot in a special election on Tuesday -- the majority of whom are Republicans.—
Halle Troadec,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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During the day, the town gets crowded with tourists from the nearby Costa del Sol.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Cluster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluster. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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