1
as in gathered
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
But the country’s extreme wealth remains clustered in a handful of hot spots.
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Ella Malmgren, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
There was no external funding, so the creation of this film was essentially a group of friends clustered around the script, having intense artistic conversations, and nothing else existed outside that circle.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
And Pew Research finds Americans increasingly clustered into partisan camps, with fewer holding a mix of political views.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
During peak hours, when riders are most densely clustered, only about 13% of them needed to respond to cover 80% of cardiac arrest events.
—New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
To begin with, all of them clustered together in a single block, although there were three distinct groupings within that block.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
Still, the money is clustered at the top, with the top three clubs accounting for 46 percent of the league’s sponsorship haul.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
SPHEREx is designed to map out the large-scale structure of the Universe, and in particular to see how galaxies are clustered across cosmic time.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
The Milky Way sprawled above like a luminous brain—countless stars clustered in neural patterns, a cosmos of flickering connections.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Ella Malmgren, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
There was no external funding, so the creation of this film was essentially a group of friends clustered around the script, having intense artistic conversations, and nothing else existed outside that circle.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
And Pew Research finds Americans increasingly clustered into partisan camps, with fewer holding a mix of political views.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
During peak hours, when riders are most densely clustered, only about 13% of them needed to respond to cover 80% of cardiac arrest events.
—New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
To begin with, all of them clustered together in a single block, although there were three distinct groupings within that block.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
Still, the money is clustered at the top, with the top three clubs accounting for 46 percent of the league’s sponsorship haul.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
SPHEREx is designed to map out the large-scale structure of the Universe, and in particular to see how galaxies are clustered across cosmic time.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
The Milky Way sprawled above like a luminous brain—countless stars clustered in neural patterns, a cosmos of flickering connections.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clustered
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Young adults like all those who gathered to see Kirk on that sunny day.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Red Sox offense was so quiet that in the bottom of the second, a large flock of birds gathered in a sunlit patch of center field grass at the edge of the warning track and remained there undisturbed for several minutes.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Inside, hundreds of people huddled together, crying.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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On fourth down a flag was thrown for what looked like pass interference on the Mustangs, but after the officials huddled, the penalty was waved off giving the ball back to the Bulldogs.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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Their tracer arcs converged on the approaching drones.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Cars converged from all directions, carrying people from Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Erie, Toledo, and farther afield.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
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By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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In a luxury market crowded with momentary noise, Coach has chosen cultural stages that echo.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The documentary is built around the chat with Sheen — which gives the impression of stretching across many days, based on lighting choices — but Renzi has assembled an impressive assortment of key figures from Sheen’s lives.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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The data set was assembled by an independent AI developer named Shawn Presser, who wanted to give the open-source-AI community high-quality training data to compete with the big AI companies.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Without health insurance, the bills piled up, roughly $24,000.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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Its last two, led largely by QB Ryan Staub at tempo, piled up 181 late in the second quarter.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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As the Dodgers challenged the call, Melvin and assistant athletic trainer Ryo Watanabe met Smith near first base to assess Smith’s health.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 Sep. 2025
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Despite her controversial inclusion at the event, Melnikova’s performances were met with robust cheers from the Parisian crowd.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Enola Gay flew to Iwo Jima, 3-1/2 hours away, circled once and rendezvoused with the photo and gauge B-29s.—
David Perlmutt,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Clustered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clustered. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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