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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
The best skiing is found in the south, clustered near the Bavarian Alps and the Austrian borders.
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Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Scans revealed the magnets had clustered into four chains in the lower-right side of his abdomen, pulling together different sections of his bowel with their magnetic force, the report said, noting some imagery was distorted by the magnets.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Most of the storm’s rainstorms and strong winds are clustered to the right side.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Some wandered the warehouse; others clustered at the registers, leaning on conveyor belts to chat and eat.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
For years, unhoused residents clustered in two encampments on Valley Water land.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
The players clustered near him in the clubhouse after Game 5, goggles strapped around commemorative ALCS caps.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
As of Friday afternoon, the worst of the thunderstorms were clustered near Las Vegas.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Scans revealed the magnets had clustered into four chains in the lower-right side of his abdomen, pulling together different sections of his bowel with their magnetic force, the report said, noting some imagery was distorted by the magnets.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Most of the storm’s rainstorms and strong winds are clustered to the right side.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Some wandered the warehouse; others clustered at the registers, leaning on conveyor belts to chat and eat.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
For years, unhoused residents clustered in two encampments on Valley Water land.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
The players clustered near him in the clubhouse after Game 5, goggles strapped around commemorative ALCS caps.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
As of Friday afternoon, the worst of the thunderstorms were clustered near Las Vegas.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clustered
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But the Californian and the Estonian converged on a radical reinvention of fundamentals.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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There, Hernández and Pages — a strong-armed center fielder who had subbed into the game moments earlier as a defensive replacement — converged on a ball that appeared to be no easy out.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Late Friday night, a few dozen Toronto Blue Jays fans huddled outside Rogers Centre, listening to Sportsnet commentator Buck Martinez on the speakers.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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In the weeks that followed, Farber and his teammates huddled, brainstorming ways to support Ben.—
Nick Stern,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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Other big stories ➤ More than 350 residents from Marana and surrounding southern Arizona communities gathered to criticize Management and Training Corporation's refusal to communicate on whether a shuttered state prison will return as an ICE detention center.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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In response to the deployment, several hundred protesters gathered outside the base.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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All of that could mean the outfield is crowded even without Pages, and the Dodgers also have a clear need for some bullpen reinforcement.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Advocates crowded the State House steps and sidewalk along Beacon Street Tuesday afternoon as finger-pointing continued surrounding the fate of SNAP benefits and the fear that young children, families and persons with disabilities could soon go hungry.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Coach Steve Lavin had assembled a roster through the spring after 12 of his top 13 scorers from a disappointing 6-27 season exhausted their eligibility or transferred.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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Adams’ car pulls up to the NYPD Academy in Flushing, Queens, where this year’s class of more than 1,000 cadets has assembled in a massive auditorium.—
Molly Ball,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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Their teardrop shape when piled together offers a fish scale-like texture as well as high impact shine.—
Madeline Fass,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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Bridges and Ball — the two other members of Charlotte’s Big Three along with Miller — piled up stats.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Determined to stop the anti-imperial policies of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, British and French representatives met with Israeli officials in October 1956 to forge a secret agreement for a coordinated offensive against Egypt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The leaders of the world's biggest economies met at the airport in Busan, an hour's drive away from the APEC host city of Gyeongju, for just an hour and 40 minutes.—
Se Eun Gong,
NPR,
2 Nov. 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 6 Nov. 2025.
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