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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
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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However, the same team, using a very similar technique and looking in the same region of space (near the constellation of Perseus), then found a second grouping of four globular clusters, again in a very tight region of space.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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The grouping of McCollum, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dyson Daniels, Jalen Johnson and Onyeka Okongwu ranks in the 94th percentile in on/off numbers, according to Cleaning the Glass.—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
2 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
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Fears have spread in the market that rapidly developing artificial intelligence models will soon disrupt an array of traditional business models, spurring a sell-off at various times this year in software-as-a-service providers, insurance services, logistics and real estate stocks.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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Customers have their pick from an array of treats found almost nowhere else.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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Two migratory flyways converge over the state, making the Texas coast a prime birding spot.—
Pam LeBlanc,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Mar. 2026
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Hundreds of federal agents also converged on Louisiana in December as part of a separate immigration crackdown in and around New Orleans.—
JACK BROOK,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Shelters were so over-crowded some families resorted to laying out blankets on sidewalks of the corniche, Beirut's sea-side.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2026
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This will prevent crowding and keep diseases away.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Cluster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluster. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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