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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
To begin with, all of them clustered together in a single block, although there were three distinct groupings within that block.
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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
Maritime evidence includes a merchant ship, stone anchors, and what officials described as a harbour crane, clustered near a 125-metre dock that the antiquities ministry said served as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
An outbreak of the disease, which began July 25, has been clustered across five ZIP codes in Central Harlem.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
One of the main strategies employed is concentrating Democratic voters—who are often younger, more diverse, and clustered in cities—into fewer districts.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
East Lansing, Michigan — Michigan State University East Lansing reports 90 crimes per 10,000 residents, with incidents clustered near busy student corridors and nightlife hubs.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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
Maritime evidence includes a merchant ship, stone anchors, and what officials described as a harbour crane, clustered near a 125-metre dock that the antiquities ministry said served as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
An outbreak of the disease, which began July 25, has been clustered across five ZIP codes in Central Harlem.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
One of the main strategies employed is concentrating Democratic voters—who are often younger, more diverse, and clustered in cities—into fewer districts.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
East Lansing, Michigan — Michigan State University East Lansing reports 90 crimes per 10,000 residents, with incidents clustered near busy student corridors and nightlife hubs.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clustered
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Crowds gathered outside the house after the parents' arrests.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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TrustedHousesitters gathered data from over 100,000 pets registered to the platform to find out the most popular names among cats and dogs in 2025.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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Sanders posted a carousel of pictures, showing eager fans hoping to convince the rookie quarterback to sign their memorabilia and one with his teammates huddled around him.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Videos showed a heavy police presence as students and faculty members huddled in classrooms amid the lockdown.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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Dana noticed multiple crustacean lineages had converged on this form.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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Several factors have converged to force Sweetgreen’s hand.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 Aug. 2025
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One taste of this bubbling hot combo of Velveeta and Ro-Tel takes me back to a red-and-black tent on South Campus in Athens, where everyone crowded around a slow cooker for a last bite of the cheesy mixture before kickoff.—
Ivy Odom,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
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While fans may not have known, the band's crew crowded into the side stage areas, phone cameras raised, knowing the reunion many thought was impossible was happening.—
Cindy Watts,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The new batch will join nearly 8,300 other operational Starlink satellites up there, continuing to flesh out the biggest spacecraft network ever assembled.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The two delivery men moved my couch into a different room in my home, and assembled the sofa.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
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The soft-serve here comes piled high on the cone.—
Kat Robinson RIVER VALLEY EATS,
Arkansas Online,
31 Aug. 2025
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The federal government piled gold bars upon gold bars into this huge brand-new vault deep in the ground.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Lawmakers in Georgia have met to discuss the possibility of axing personal income tax.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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The Los Angeles raids, which are ongoing, were met with large anti-ICE protests in June that resulted in Trump deploying the National Guard and Marines to the city.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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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 5 Sep. 2025.
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