cluttering

present participle of clutter

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • The attorney general’s office said that plastic retail bags comprise much of the waste that is polluting California’s ecosystems and clogging its waterways.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Over the past 25 years, Mooresville has more than doubled to roughly 55,000 residents, with traffic clogging roads many times during the work day.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
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
  • Also consider buying staple items that stretch meals, such as rice and beans, or plan for 'one dish' meals that are filling, such as spaghetti and meat sauce, chili, soups, or casseroles.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • So filling, yet doesn’t feel like a heavy meal and has a fresh taste.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And that crackdown is disrupting the global remittance market.
    NPR, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
  • This prevents stray heat from disrupting the atoms’ oscillations.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Kinloch warns against throwing around the idea of an entertainment tax to avoid burdening residents with another potential tax — on top of the city’s already high property taxes.
    Dana Afana, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Early expansion through franchisees lets founders avoid burdening corporate capital with every new location.
    Gary Occhiogrosso, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But also muddling standard operating procedures is the fact that, according to the insider, ABC doesn’t have a dedicated late-night executive.
    Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
  • With his far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, sitting in the front row, Netanyahu took the stage, looking a little peeved, and berated the event’s organizers for muddling his slide show.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yuanta Securties’ data shows foreign institutions drove early gains late last year by piling into large-cap tech names, but local institutions and individuals have since stepped in aggressively to sustain momentum.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
  • She’s canceled or postponed doctor’s appointments, chiropractic care and vet appointments to avoid co-pays or bills piling up.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Card-reading contact lenses, X-ray poker tables, trays of poker chips that read cards, hacked shuffling machines that predict hands.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Cluttering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluttering. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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