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
In mid-2025, the ARISE team reported that the best-performing model achieved a 70% success rate, with most failures clustering around tasks requiring three or more steps.
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Spencer Dorn, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
The government extended internet access so that, rather than clustering in parks, Cubans could go online on our phones.
—Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
Upload speeds aren't bad either, often clustering in the 20Mbps range—while not as high as downloads, this is highly capable for things like streaming media and online video calls.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
One tanker has escaped the Strait of Hormuz and a bunch of others are clustering around the exit point, Bloomberg reports.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
So clustering your plants makes your space look better and supports pollinators.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Oakland County’s wealth isn’t evenly shared On this index, Oakland County’s communities are spread across the full socioeconomic range rather than clustering entirely at the top.
—Grigoris Argeros, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
Texas has several major metro regions that have benefited from that clustering effect, including Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin.
—Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
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).
—Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
Spencer Dorn, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
The government extended internet access so that, rather than clustering in parks, Cubans could go online on our phones.
—Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
Upload speeds aren't bad either, often clustering in the 20Mbps range—while not as high as downloads, this is highly capable for things like streaming media and online video calls.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
One tanker has escaped the Strait of Hormuz and a bunch of others are clustering around the exit point, Bloomberg reports.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
So clustering your plants makes your space look better and supports pollinators.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Oakland County’s wealth isn’t evenly shared On this index, Oakland County’s communities are spread across the full socioeconomic range rather than clustering entirely at the top.
—Grigoris Argeros, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
Texas has several major metro regions that have benefited from that clustering effect, including Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin.
—Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
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).
—Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clustering
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Candidates who asked questions early, while the AI was still gathering information, were less likely to get offers.—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
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Visitors and patrons say the appeal of the arts lies in the unique experience of gathering together in person.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Charles-Henry Monchau, chief investment officer at Syz Group, said bitcoin’s latest weekly decline has been driven by a combination of Strategy’s selling and a crowding-out effect from hot money chasing other assets.—
Tanaya Macheel,Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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But judging from all the people crowding into downtown on that unseasonably warm March afternoon, Livermore isn’t so hidden anymore.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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Key Background Anthropic steps into the busiest IPO pipeline since 2021, with three of the most valuable private companies ever built converging on the public markets within the same window.—
Alicia Park,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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This is, in the end, what Richardson and a handful of economists — among them University of Chicago behavioral economist Alex Imas and George Mason’s Tyler Cowen — are converging on.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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There were women like her—some Indigenous and some African-looking sorrowful in their coarse linen shifts, huddling together.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Executives and coaches, huddling in a hushed room, mull a decision.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
20 May 2026
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Less than two weeks later, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar visited Baku, meeting with the Azerbaijani president and other top officials.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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The two were meeting as part of a vape pen purchase that later turned into a robbery attempt, according to the report.—
Maveah Griffith,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2026
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After more than four years, Russia’s full-scale invasion has morphed into a grinding war of attrition where soldiers are being killed en masse, financial losses are piling up and Kyiv has started to liberate more land than Moscow has seized.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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In the new Hubble image, some of the gas on the outer edge of M88 can be seen compressing and piling up.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
30 May 2026
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As a row of kids delighted in mixing cotton candy and frozen lemonade into an only-at-the-ballpark dessert, the usher alerted the parents that a mass of boisterous and predominantly shirtless men soon would be assembling in a nearby section.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Somewhere a hand was raised, a whistle was blown, and all at once the butchers were out of their stalls, assembling in the aisles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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“Clustering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clustering. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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