1
as in gathering
to come together into one body or place
the mice clustered together into a small burrow
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as in crowding
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 clustering
This prevents them from clustering together, creating a layer of cream that used to rise to the top of the bottle and had to be scooped off before drinking (or was seen as a treat by some).
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Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
Instead of clustering near the fractures where groundwater once flowed, the nodules turned up along ridge walls and inside the hollows between ridges.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
Its map shows oil and gas tankers clustering just outside of the strait.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
Despite the global nature of the shift, capital and talent are clustering in a relatively small number of jurisdictions that offer policy predictability and strong legal frameworks.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
This aligns with broader market analyses showing renewable salary increases clustering in the low single digits in 2025, a sign that the sector is maturing out of its rapid expansion phase.
—Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Scikit-learn provides open-source tools for classification, regression, and clustering within the Python ecosystem.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2026
The program is part of a new pilot, funded by state and federal dollars, to improve the safety of entire neighborhoods by clustering the improvements.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent reports point to a steady push and pull between return-to-office mandates and roles that remain remote by design, with applications clustering around flexible postings and some employers tightening attendance rules.
—Jason Phillips, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
Instead of clustering near the fractures where groundwater once flowed, the nodules turned up along ridge walls and inside the hollows between ridges.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
Its map shows oil and gas tankers clustering just outside of the strait.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
Despite the global nature of the shift, capital and talent are clustering in a relatively small number of jurisdictions that offer policy predictability and strong legal frameworks.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
This aligns with broader market analyses showing renewable salary increases clustering in the low single digits in 2025, a sign that the sector is maturing out of its rapid expansion phase.
—Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Scikit-learn provides open-source tools for classification, regression, and clustering within the Python ecosystem.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2026
The program is part of a new pilot, funded by state and federal dollars, to improve the safety of entire neighborhoods by clustering the improvements.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent reports point to a steady push and pull between return-to-office mandates and roles that remain remote by design, with applications clustering around flexible postings and some employers tightening attendance rules.
—Jason Phillips, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clustering
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As soon as Paz, better known as JOP, swaggers into the building, the members of Fuerza Regida take their seats around a boardroom table like Power Rangers gathering before a mission.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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The crash caused severe front-end damage to the sedan and activated its airbags, video from news-gathering agency OnScene shows.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Keep in mind that SpaceX is not the only one crowding the sky.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2026
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This will prevent crowding and keep diseases away.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
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Multiple forces are converging in ways that defy easy fixes — and the old playbook of buying the dip is far from guaranteed to work.—
Denitsa Tsekova,
Bloomberg,
10 Mar. 2026
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The confirmation of both species’ survival came from multiple converging lines of evidence.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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But everyone else stripped down to their bathing suits, huddling in the heated confines of a womb-like space.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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These are parks that come alive in the winter, with warm temps and surprisingly vibrant ecosystems that thrive when the rest of the country is huddling under a blanket of snow and ice.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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The regulations have led to more fuel-efficient vehicles on the roads and, in recent years, hybrid and electric ones, critical to meeting the state’s climate laws.—
Blanca Begert,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Santi is now going to be a senior at De Longpre High School, his first day spent in large part by meeting the members of the Sunshowers, the school’s crack marching band, perhaps more popular than any particular sports team at the school.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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With a global plastics treaty stalled and tens of thousands of items piling up per square kilometer in the Mediterranean’s deepest trench, the gap between the scale of ocean plastic pollution and the world’s response to it is only growing.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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Soon, bodies are piling up as Spade, the police, O’Shaughnessy and her co-conspirators search for the relic.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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In simple terms, MBE allows scientists to build a crystal layer by layer, almost like assembling a structure with atomic-scale LEGO blocks.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Volunteers worked hard painting and assembling furniture to transform a classroom into a resource room known as Zion's Closet.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Clustering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clustering. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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