cluttering

Definition of clutteringnext
present participle of clutter

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Purito’s vitamin C serum, though, passes with flying colors through every pore-clogging ingredient checker.
    Rosa Jisoo Pyo, Vogue, 31 May 2026
  • Two local governments in California have voted to declare a local emergency over the invasive golden mussels that are rapidly multiplying and clogging water pipes.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Sullivan tried this against Toronto, jumbling the top-six group in the second period.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Trump also was jumbling the timeline of jobs revisions last year, per Politifact.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Finally, allow the solution to come to room temperature before filling your feeders.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026
  • Such scandals have put the spotlight on a murky (and growing) world of speculative, 24/7 transactions now filling the internet.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Lastly, azelaic acid can help reduce redness and breakouts gently, without disrupting the skin’s ecosystem.
    Tatiana Dias, Vogue, 29 May 2026
  • Jim also reiterated his view that concerns about AI disrupting cybersecurity have proven misguided as digital threats become increasingly sophisticated.
    Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • This war has been a disaster for them, frightening away foreign investors, tourists and talent and burdening them with a future of huge new defense bills to deter Iran after the United States is gone.
    Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
  • Attainable housing can be built in new communities, without burdening existing cities or unincorporated villages.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • Drop in the cinnamon sticks and cloves, gently muddling once or twice to release their aroma.
    John Kell, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • Ken Holland, general manager, B Holland arrived on the scene of a muddling franchise that had lost four straight first-round series to the same opponent.
    Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Having gone into hiding, Walt ultimately manages to make some things right before shuffling off the mortal coil.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
  • The move comes one year after the team promoted Saleh to general manager after another round of shuffling in its front office.
    Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 27 May 2026
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“Cluttering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluttering. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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