cluttering

Definition of clutteringnext
present participle of clutter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cluttering
Verb
  • Puncerelli explains that lightweight, non-comedogenic oils can help replenish moisture without clogging hair follicles or weighing hair down.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Each of these features are helpful in ensuring the debris easily gets collected across her 1,640-square-foot home without clogging.
    Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 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
  • With dogma filling school days, students aren’t being educated and are left intellectually unprepared for much but obedience.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Working as an assistant in her sister-in-law’s empanada business, Cocson developed her own creation, filling the pastry with homemade longganisa sausage, shredded papaya, mung bean sprouts and an egg.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • In a panel conversation on Friday, Georgieva said that AI is already disrupting labor markets worldwide by shifting demand for skills employers seek, and might even boost earnings for some workers by improving productivity.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Kelly, alongside a mob of activists, allegedly stormed Cities Church over the weekend, disrupting a Sunday sermon based on allegations that one of the pastors, David Easterwood, is an ICE official.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Such subsidies drive up demand, and therefore costs, while also burdening taxpayers.
    Judge Glock, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Most fine-dining restaurants have not received many complaints about burdening costs, according to the NYT, though that doesn’t stop them from worrying about feedback.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 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
  • As the elderly cohort grows, the worker-to-retiree ratio shrinks, piling more pressure on the underfunded pension system.
    Bloomberg, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Cutting your grass short in the fall and not piling up snow on the lawn help to prevent snow mold.
    Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 17 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Go on a street food tour Street food tours are great things to do in Sicily and a fabulous alternative to hours of shuffling through museums.
    Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
  • It's designed to offer a satisfying and calming shuffling motion, guided by a strong magnet and a seamless sliding track on the inside.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Cluttering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluttering. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.

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