cluttering

present participle of clutter

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Verb
  • The breakthrough centers on a one-atom-thick filter that stops sulfur chains from clogging up the battery.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This clarifying clay mask pairs kaolin and bentonite clays with bamboo charcoal to draw out pore-clogging impurities and sweep away excess oil—without leaving your skin feeling parched.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trump also was jumbling the timeline of jobs revisions last year, per Politifact.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rite Aid first filed for bankruptcy in October 2023, largely because of competition from bigger chains and its debt pile, which topped $4 billion due to expensive legal battles for allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions.
    Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Doing things for me would be washing my car or filling up my tank.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ride-hailing giants Uber and Bolt are disrupting Kenya’s lucrative safari market with new services that are driving fears of price cuts among traditional tour operators.
    Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Cuban founded Cost Plus Drugs, a similar direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform, in 2022 with the goal of disrupting the health care industry.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Early expansion through franchisees lets founders avoid burdening corporate capital with every new location.
    Gary Occhiogrosso, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Hopefully, leaders will make the transition to autonomous service before burdening consumers with even higher sales tax rates.
    Marc Joffe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 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
  • During the last government shutdown in 2018-19, there were reports of trash piling up at national park sites and the organization relied on nonprofits and volunteers to keep up certain services.
    Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • With maritime routes disrupted, cocaine produced in Colombia’s Catatumbo region is piling up inside Venezuela.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To him, the equipment staff shuffling pieces around on the field during practice is just as important as the head coach standing by.
    Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • During the 2024 rampage, two suspects wearing masks were captured on surveillance video shuffling up a driveway and firing weapons towards the home.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Cluttering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluttering. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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