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as in jumble
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a scrapbook that was a clutter of snapshots, diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings
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as in commotion
chiefly dialect
a state of noisy, confused activity
the clutter created by the exhibitors setting up for the annual state fair
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as in to burden
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as in to disarray
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Recent Examples of clutter
Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 18 May 2026
The 10-piece Veken Packing Cubes set can help reduce bulk and clutter in your suitcase, while the Bagsmart Hanging Toiletry Bag provides easy access to your toiletries and saves counter space.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Condiments Having too many condiments can clutter up your fridge quickly.
—Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2026
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Noun
To prevent this cabinet from becoming a clutter catchall, use the chrome label holders to stay organized.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 18 May 2026
The 10-piece Veken Packing Cubes set can help reduce bulk and clutter in your suitcase, while the Bagsmart Hanging Toiletry Bag provides easy access to your toiletries and saves counter space.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
Verb
However, Carrick and his players don’t have European fixtures to clutter their schedule.
—Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Condiments Having too many condiments can clutter up your fridge quickly.
—Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clutter
Noun
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Those seated in the gunner or engineer positions will also be treated to additional clips of Grogu via their adjacent flight panels, the young alien here portrayed as something of a playful pet of a child who is exaggeratedly chill during the commotion.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
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Someone would start a cheer, others would join in, and the commotion would attract a new wave of attention, phones open to streaming apps, the entire scene straddling the line between performance and audience.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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Internationally, however, the film’s distribution prospects rest largely on Cotillard, also burdened with the heaviest dramatic lifting to do as the stricken, unworldly protagonist who bridges the film’s two improbably connected realms.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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The comments warn that the proposal could burden complex, multi-source financings—especially projects awaiting grant or other long-term funding—and request a hearing so stakeholders can address the potential impacts.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Nine months after the House settlement was approved pertaining to a lawsuit against the NCAA, there is a massive wrinkle to the case that could potentially lead to further disarray around college athletics.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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Its multidirectional lugs keep you stable and grounded across a variety of surfaces, including city streets, cobblestone, and slippery hardwood floors.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2026
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There is no single right answer to the question of how many potatoes grow from one potato; the yield depends on a range of factors, such as the potato variety, the time of planting, the growing conditions, and more.—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
23 May 2026
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This misalignment, sustained over years, is associated with elevated risk for depression, metabolic disturbance and impaired cognition.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Though signals may overlap (compaction, moisture, and disturbance, after all, can exist all at once), the presence of particular weeds, without overanalyzing them, can lend helpful clues to what your desirable garden plants need done in order to thrive.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2026
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But the series is also clear about the layers of scammery that are piling atop her like a grand fraudulent mille-feuille.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
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Verderi contributed with wooden sculptures of the logo piled atop one another.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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Their season has been busy, grumpy and overstretched, and pressure has been a niggling, constant companion, particularly at home, but their opponents on Sunday were hapless, soft in defence and muddled in their thinking.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Erika’s brother, Klaus (August Diehl), sits naked by a rumpled bed with last night’s conquest still muddled up with his sheets, talking on the phone to his sister.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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