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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 set-up inside the circle felt more like a rehearsal space, with the group clustered together while also roaming freely around the stage, playing to different parts of the audience.
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Daniel Dylan Wray, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2025
Prosperity clustered in a few metro regions, while rural, industrial, and minority communities often fell further behind.
—Mark Hagerott, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
The best skiing is found in the south, clustered near the Bavarian Alps and the Austrian borders.
—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
Daniel Dylan Wray, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2025
Prosperity clustered in a few metro regions, while rural, industrial, and minority communities often fell further behind.
—Mark Hagerott, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
The best skiing is found in the south, clustered near the Bavarian Alps and the Austrian borders.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clustered
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In three of seven domains of the energy system, there is notable progress, often where emissions reduction, favorable economics and energy security goals converged.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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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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Mike Lee of Utah, Rick Scott of Florida and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, withheld their votes and huddled with Thune at the back of the chamber.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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Senate Republicans huddled on Friday afternoon after Schumer’s floor speech but seemed to see no immediate path forward.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The attendees—thirty- and forty-somethings who are members of the bank’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) division, which boasts an average account size of over $75 million—gathered to hash out their anxiety and excitement.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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About 200 protesters gathered near a park near Aston Villa Park’s Trinity Road stand.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Two centuries later, hundreds of long ships crowded the five inland seas carrying lumber, limestone, copper, cars, crops, and iron from Canada and the Midwest down to the Saint Lawrence Seaway that eventually leads to the Atlantic.—
NPR,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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None of the above is nearly enough to compensate for its fundamental flaws, especially considering how crowded with domestic thrillers TV has become.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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It is considered one of the greatest offenses ever assembled, as Durant joined forces with sharpshooters Steph Curry and Klay Thompson.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Key producer Sonia Friedman, working with StudioCanal and Eliza Lumley Productions on behalf of Universal Music UK, has assembled an award-winning team to collaborate with Sheppard, Kane and Pye.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Mulch should not be piled around the stem of a woody shrub or the trunks of trees creating the look of a volcano.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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Since then, injuries have piled up and the Orange has lost five consecutive games, being outscored 167-60 in that span and not scoring more than 18 points in any of those outings.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Shouts for it will be met by angry fingers jutted towards the various gaffes played ad nauseam on Sky Sports’ weekly Ref Watch, or the mandatory pause before the emotional unleashing as VAR mulls over whether a goal is a goal or just a hoax.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Uncensored, that Fergie met the man, Steve Wyatt, a millionaire entrepreneur from Texas, at the Houston Grand Opera’s British Opera Festival in 1989 and started an extramarital relationship with him soon after.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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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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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 13 Nov. 2025.
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