CONGLOMERATION Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

conglomeration

noun

Definition of conglomeration

as in aggregation

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Recent Examples of conglomeration Survival of the mid-major programs depends on breaking out and forming their own conglomeration. — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026 Middlemen forms a trio with Mark McGurl’s The Program Era (2011), which examines the rise of MFAs, and Dan Sinykin’s Big Fiction (2023), which follows the effects of publishing’s conglomeration. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 Throughout the festival, experts have spoken about the effect of conglomeration and amalgamation of power by a few uber-wealthy figureheads, and how grassroots movements in journalism can inspire documentarians to survive in the near future. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026 In the 1980s, the Motown label finally succumbed to the conglomeration trend in the music industry. — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 2 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for conglomeration

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Noun

As the economy flails and the war in Iraq wages on, 58% of people disapprove of the president, according to a New York Times aggregation of polls.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
With humanity’s ecological interchange with nature subsumed and directed by capital’s endless circuits of accumulation, the exploitation of natural resources and the aggregation of waste ensues.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of aggregation

Noun

The gradual accumulation of these substances in the body can disrupt normal physiological functions, ultimately leading to disease, impaired health, and, in severe cases, death.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
The method could combat refuse accumulation and provide sustenance in remote or disaster locations — or in space someday.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of accumulation

Noun

Upstream, the automotive industry exists in productive symbiosis with steel, oil, glass, rubber, aggregates, concrete, electronics, engineering and construction, each transforming flows of matter first to value and then to waste.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
What goes to leadership is the aggregate, never the individual transcript.

— Vivek Thomas, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of aggregate

Noun

Human rights groups and advocates have denounced mass and arbitrary arrests, torture and disappearances in the Central American nation's prison system.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Ontario County First Assistant District Attorney James Nobles told the court that Arzuaga was at the center of the group accused of torturing Nordquist to death.

— Madison Scott, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of group

Noun

So do scheme, personnel groupings, whether a team has a young starting quarterback or some young starters on the offensive line, and so on.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Thematic grouping of disparate work has become a popular, though not uncontroversial, trend.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of grouping

Noun

These three mysterious elements of the cosmos have played a vital role in the evolution of large-scale cosmic structures like galaxies and galaxy clusters.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026
The executive observed that data analysis shows a younger customer has approached the brand, in addition to its loyal cluster of longtime clients in the 40- to 55-year-old core bracket.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of cluster

Noun

These damn streets, they aren’t made for walking or living or trash collection or traffic or bicycles or romantic walks or rollerblading or traffic jogs.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
Outside linebackers Brian Burns, Abdul Carter and Kayvon Thibodeaux, as well as inside linebacker Arvell Reese, are as athletic as any collection of rushers in the league.

— Jeff Howe, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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