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as in converged
to come together into one body or place
the mice clustered together into a small burrow
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as in huddled
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 clustered
Latinos are mostly clustered in and around Grand Junction, the largest metro hub between Denver and Salt Lake City.
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Ernesto Sagás, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
Barry Flanagan’s bronze hare, Roxy Paine’s Erratic, and Tony Smith’s Playground are clustered within easy distance of one another.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
In March, independent journalist Nick Shirley released a video calling out a large number of questionable hospice providers clustered in Los Angeles, following his high-profile video investigation into fraudulent daycare providers in Minnesota.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
Cuban Americans, usually vociferously anti-Castro, are clustered in Florida.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 20 May 2026
The family resort chain has more than 20 properties across North America; most are clustered on the East Coast and in the Midwest, though there are a handful out west too.
—Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
How To Identify Aphids These insects are found in colonies, clustered on the undersides of leaves and stems.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
Guests clustered around tables in the ship’s new Parlor venue, carefully reading instructions to unfamiliar games while sipping cocktails.
—Josh Rivera, USA Today, 17 May 2026
The cast, clustered around him, jumped up and down.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Ernesto Sagás, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
Barry Flanagan’s bronze hare, Roxy Paine’s Erratic, and Tony Smith’s Playground are clustered within easy distance of one another.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
In March, independent journalist Nick Shirley released a video calling out a large number of questionable hospice providers clustered in Los Angeles, following his high-profile video investigation into fraudulent daycare providers in Minnesota.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
Cuban Americans, usually vociferously anti-Castro, are clustered in Florida.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 20 May 2026
The family resort chain has more than 20 properties across North America; most are clustered on the East Coast and in the Midwest, though there are a handful out west too.
—Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
How To Identify Aphids These insects are found in colonies, clustered on the undersides of leaves and stems.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
Guests clustered around tables in the ship’s new Parlor venue, carefully reading instructions to unfamiliar games while sipping cocktails.
—Josh Rivera, USA Today, 17 May 2026
The cast, clustered around him, jumped up and down.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clustered
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More than 250,000 people converged on Soldier Field in Chicago for the opening of the Catholic Church’s 28th International Eucharistic Congress.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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At the Sana Summit, all of those threads converged into a philosophically complete argument.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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After more than a week huddled together in darkness, the five men trapped in a Laos cave received a message of hope when they were discovered by rescuers on Wednesday.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The Game was meant to kick off at noon under a slate-gray sky, with a few snowflakes in the air and fans huddled up in the stands.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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As national movements for racial justice gathered momentum a decade ago, students on campuses were also becoming more aware and outspoken about racial harms.—
Ingrid A. Nelson,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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The airy confines of the stately home where Allied commanders are gathered provide both the grandeur and the contrast to the minutiae inked out on vast maps in the small hours of the night.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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Here’s what the facility, located on a busy arterial crowded with large commercial vehicles, has looked like this week.—
David Williams,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Many more friends and tavern regulars crowded into the room to find out how the board would vote with regard to Plyler’s agreement.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
Verb
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North Korea already has enough nuclear material for up to 90 warheads and is believed to have assembled around 50, according to a Congressional Research Service report from March.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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The city has assembled a working group led by former Visit Fort Worth CEO Bob Jameson that will include city council member Beck along with her colleagues District 5 council member Deborah Peoples, District 7 council member Macy Hill, and District 11 council member Jeanette Martinez.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2026
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Traders piled into Broadcom stock, betting on a huge guide that didn’t materialize.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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Cars and trucks piled into the roundabout, horns blaring.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
Verb
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Larry King and Billie Jean King met at Cal State Los Angeles and married in 1965.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The game Friday was the fourth year in a row the Colts and Highlanders met in the finals, and with the exception of 2025, the Colts have won each time.—
Ethan Hanson,
Daily News,
30 May 2026
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However, unlike the X-37B, Shenlong has rendezvoused with other objects in space.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Japanese space agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched its Hayabusa2 mission in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the near-Earth C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu in June 2018.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Clustered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clustered. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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