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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
Many of the town's attractions are clustered close together.
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CBS News,
18 June 2026
Of China’s approximately 93,000 cinema screens, only around 270 are currently LED, the majority clustered in first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.
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Marcus Lim,
Variety,
15 June 2026
The virus had likely been circulating for weeks before then, with cases clustered in a remote mining town called Mongbwalu.
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Emmet Livingstone,
NPR,
15 June 2026
Plant Densely Plants are placed closely together and clustered in waves in naturalistic gardens to create a veritable sea of textures, color, and shapes, as in this landscape at the Olbrich Botanical Garden in Madison, Wisconsin, by garden designer Jeff Epping.
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Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 June 2026
Meanwhile, what growth exists is clustered along the I-79 corridor in Butler and Washington counties, a geographic pattern that reflects suburban expansion more than regional resurgence.
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Christopher Briem,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
The third-place race is likely to be less about unusual teams with five or six points and more about sorting teams clustered around three and four.
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Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
In metro Atlanta, Trader Joe’s has nine locations, many of which are clustered in affluent areas of Fulton County, such as Midtown, Buckhead, Sandy Springs and Roswell.
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Amy Wenk,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
At the Irvine Bowl, the lawsuit argues, wheelchair-accessible spaces are clustered in only three areas of the steep hillside amphitheater, with one cluster completely segregated from the rest of the seating.
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Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Of China’s approximately 93,000 cinema screens, only around 270 are currently LED, the majority clustered in first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.
—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
15 June 2026
The virus had likely been circulating for weeks before then, with cases clustered in a remote mining town called Mongbwalu.
—
Emmet Livingstone,
NPR,
15 June 2026
Plant Densely Plants are placed closely together and clustered in waves in naturalistic gardens to create a veritable sea of textures, color, and shapes, as in this landscape at the Olbrich Botanical Garden in Madison, Wisconsin, by garden designer Jeff Epping.
—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 June 2026
Meanwhile, what growth exists is clustered along the I-79 corridor in Butler and Washington counties, a geographic pattern that reflects suburban expansion more than regional resurgence.
—
Christopher Briem,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
The third-place race is likely to be less about unusual teams with five or six points and more about sorting teams clustered around three and four.
—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
In metro Atlanta, Trader Joe’s has nine locations, many of which are clustered in affluent areas of Fulton County, such as Midtown, Buckhead, Sandy Springs and Roswell.
—
Amy Wenk,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
At the Irvine Bowl, the lawsuit argues, wheelchair-accessible spaces are clustered in only three areas of the steep hillside amphitheater, with one cluster completely segregated from the rest of the seating.
—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clustered
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Ecuador fans from all over have converged to see their team play, photos show.
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The interlocking puzzle of the iPhone, GPS and Google Maps was a moment when multiple strands of technological development…converged into a single life-changing package.
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Her entire family gathered in her mother’s home, huddled around the television, the 72-year-old Bronzeville resident said.
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It is supposed to be a great beach party with a bonfire, but it gets rained out, and they are all huddled under an awning wearing too much body glitter and eating from a greige buffet.
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Despite the heat on Friday afternoon, a large crowd gathered at Bayfront Park to watch Team USA face off in its second match of the FIFA World Cup.
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Early yesterday, as Argentina sealed a 3-0 victory over Algeria, hundreds of fans gathered on the courtyard lawn of Beijing’s Argentine Embassy to cheer the team on.
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Jaimes, a 22-year-old Santa Ana resident, was one of thousands of people who crowded into the neighborhood’s many bars and restaurants to watch the thrilling victory then spilled onto the streets to party.
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With warm weather expected this weekend, beaches across Santa Cruz County are expected to be crowded.
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When compute, storage, and networking are designed, validated, and delivered as one system rather than assembled from parts that were never built to work together, the entire stack reaches production on a single timeline.
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Many of the drones can be assembled domestically, but Hezbollah is reliant on components from abroad.
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Floating markets drift past in longboats piled with tropical produce.
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Sliced tomatoes in several shades and sizes had been piled onto bread, one falling into the other like drunk pals.
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Scotland's Ben Gannon-Doak was trying to run down a long pass when Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou ran out to grab the ball, and both met in a crunching collision that left both players down for a minute.
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They were all met with loud cheers on this Juneteenth evening.
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However, unlike the X-37B, Shenlong has rendezvoused with other objects in space.
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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.
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“Clustered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clustered. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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