cluttering

verb

present participle of clutter
1
as in clogging

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2
as in jumbling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cluttering
  1. clogging
  2. jumbling
  3. filling
  4. disrupting
  5. burdening
  6. muddling
  7. piling
  8. shuffling
Verb
  • Allure Best of Beauty winner—feels practically weightless on skin, absorbing quickly without clogging pores or leaving behind a greasy residue.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Since their arrival, the mussels have spread to other waterways, attaching themselves to boats and potentially clogging pipes and other water infrastructure.
    — Nina Burns, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of clogging
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
Definition of jumbling
Verb
  • At this time Randy Lawson is filling the spot left open after Tommy Boyer died.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The restrictions put a temporary end to washing cars at home, filling residential pools, non-essential power washing and operating decorative water features.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of filling
Verb
  • On one hand, actual output from several member countries remains below quota levels; on the other hand, Middle East conflicts disrupting critical shipping lanes introduce uncertainty over whether crude supplies can smoothly reach global markets.
    — , CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The African National Congress is on course to lose control of most of South Africa’s major cities in Wednesday’s local elections, according to polling data, potentially disrupting power dynamics in the national coalition government.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of disrupting
Verb
  • The policy could have affected legally present immigrants, Temporary Protected Status holders and DACA recipients, while burdening underfunded agencies and deterring families from seeking help.
    — Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Under the law, the state must prove a compelling interest for burdening a person's religion and that its solution is the least restrictive way of furthering that interest.
    — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of burdening
Verb
  • But however janky, the system just about works for the ornery menfolk muddling their way through it, with their many beefs mostly resolved with a bottle of lethally alcoholic local tipple chacha, or a punch to the face, or both.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Drop in the cinnamon sticks and cloves, gently muddling once or twice to release their aroma.
    — John Kell, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Definition of muddling
Verb
  • Rather than piling billions of dollars into the frontier model arms race, Amazon's focus has been on AI solutions that enhance its own, proven, money-making offerings.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But Oracle’s investors are not happy with this piling debt load.
    — Adrian Ma, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of piling
Verb
  • That's because astronomers have discovered two husks of two zombie planets shuffling through the gory remains of what was once their planetary neighbors around a long-deceased star, or white dwarf.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • In late 2026, reports came out that SpaceX is shuffling its staff in an attempt to focus its resources on developing and commercializing Starship, while phasing out the Falcon 9.
    — Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of shuffling
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“Cluttering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluttering. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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