clusters 1 of 2

plural of cluster

clusters

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of cluster

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clusters
Noun
This Asian shrub fits easily into gardens, with a dense, compact habit and clusters of tiny pink or white flowers in late spring or summer. Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026 The city had worked for years to draw new businesses and modern apartment complexes that the area, and officials have been frustrated about clusters of apparently jobless and homeless people making residents uncomfortable. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026 Wine grape harvest in California is off to an early start this year due to an unseasonably warm March and spring weather that led to many vines having smaller grape clusters. Lizzie Kane july 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 The smattering of blocks near University of Québec at Montréal has historically catered to a bohemian-leaning collegiate set, as keen on its clusters of cafés and bars as its proximity to one of North America’s oldest gayborhoods, the Village. Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026 In the beginning, the caramel, nougat, and peanut clusters were hand-dipped in chocolate and sold unwrapped at candy counters. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 July 2026 That agentic swarm exploited a flaw in Hugging Face’s data-processing pipeline to gain the ability to run code as a processing worker, eventually escalating to high-level access to the company’s cloud and server clusters. Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026 Authorities in the United States and Mexico are continuing to search for a cause behind the case clusters, a task that has proven messier than other foodborne outbreaks of the recent past. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 July 2026 This perennial blooms in late summer with heavy clusters of dark pink to purple flowers. Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 22 July 2026
Verb
The historical profile again clusters tightly. Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 Liquidity cluster Wells Fargo added that most liquidity already clusters around the market open and close, making the idea of stretching trading hours even further counterproductive. Yun Li, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025 These two effects, together — of galaxies moving with varying speeds through environments of varying densities — make rich galaxy clusters the ideal environments to find galaxies that experience the greatest amounts of stripping from within them. Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025 The result is expensive accelerators sit idle while CPU clusters max out on tasks other hardware could complete far faster. Jg Chirapurath, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025 Mold will appear fuzzy or thick, does not wipe away cleanly, and often clusters near the stem where the grapes are connected. Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clusters
Noun
  • Much like running a dishwasher, running one large load uses less energy and water than running several smaller ones—even if your machine has a setting for smaller batches.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2026
  • The company scrambled to placate the brands with new demonetization policies, stripping ads from huge batches of videos.
    Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
Noun
  • Scale and proportion also play a major role in helping groupings look balanced.
    Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2026
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • While the sample was a false positive, the FDA’s traceback investigation still converges on Taylor Farms lettuce as a suspect, and people should continue to obey the company’s voluntary recall, the FDA confirmed on X, formerly known as Twitter.
    Janelle Mella, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2026
  • The reviewer's eye glides over patterns it has been trained to trust, and the review converges to a ritual approval regardless of risk profile.
    Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • An engineer overhears a sales call where a partner is requesting a specific feature and immediately huddles with the salesperson once the line clicks shut.
    Vikram Joshi, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The boiler is broken, so Kuhner huddles by a small space heater in his office in the winter.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • They’re also equipped with solar arrays that generate twice as much power as prior generations, a SpaceX business analyst explained in a livestream.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • CorPower's commercial plan involves clustering dozens of buoys into arrays called CorPacks, each capable of producing hundreds of megawatts.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • The European Union has banned AI that encourages dangerous behavior in vulnerable groups like children, and mandated transparency requirements for other chatbots.
    Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • As noted by Beard, this board was built with a deliberateness and purpose to ensure that the women had the runway to impact decision-making, advise the athletes, and construct the next basketball league alongside the co-founder groups.
    Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • An audience gathers around views, clicks, watch time, subscriptions, and shares.
    Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Sandringham is where the royal family typically gathers for the Christmas holidays.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Instead of asking whether existing programs are delivering results, Congress piles new spending and new funding streams onto an already fragmented system.
    Andy Harris, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2026
  • The dirty laundry never piles up, nor does the ready-to-fold pile.
    Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 30 June 2026

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“Clusters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clusters. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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