CONGLOMERATION Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

conglomeration

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Definition of conglomeration

as in aggregation

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Recent Examples of conglomeration 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 Geneva’s current police station is located just off the Fox River at 20 Police Plaza, and is a conglomeration of three buildings built in 1915, 1953 and 1987, according to the city. — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026 Compared to their forerunners in the tsarist era, with their party congresses held abroad, their executive committees, and their active recruitment in imperial Russia’s universities, Soviet dissidents remained a comparatively small and informal conglomeration of activists. — Benjamin Nathans september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conglomeration

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Noun

The book tracked the aggregation of executive power from the founding onward, which accelerated during World War II and the Cold War.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
Granted, while the score could rise or fall in the coming days as audiences continue to rate the film on the review aggregation site, the 91% audience score matches the best of the four seasons of Reacher and is far higher than the last two seasons.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of aggregation

Noun

Food safety experts say that the accumulation of outbreaks this summer is striking but that tracking the number of outbreaks — or recalls, for that matter — isn’t the best way to capture the risk from foodborne pathogens.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
The measurements showed spin accumulation at the chiral copper surface, supporting the idea that the helical structure was creating spin polarization.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of accumulation

Noun

Text watermarks work by biasing the model’s word choices in a pattern spread across the entire document, only detectable in aggregate by the right tool.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
Instead, what the data keeps describing is a consumer who bends in specific, visible places, adapts and stubbornly declines to break in aggregate.

— Nigel Morris, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of aggregate

Noun

Brazilians lead the way in seven different age groups, from Philippe Coutinho at 16 all the way to Neymar aged 31.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
The group of officers included at least two plainclothes officers wearing bulletproof vests, who arrived in an unmarked car shortly before the shooting.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of group

Noun

The grouping includes two chaises, a loveseat, and a pop-up bed that transforms the 122-inch-wide sectional into a cozy siesta destination.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2026
That meant the only way someone could remember the depth chart, personnel groupings or key moments was by relying on a brain capable of collecting a whole lot of information in real time.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of grouping

Noun

This year, the agency has already posted 20 investigations and says work remains active for 18 foodborne illness clusters.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
District leaders say that no recommendations have been made at this time and that the examination of the schools in the six clusters will continue until October.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of cluster

Noun

The pricing shows just how wide that opportunity has become, whilst a Voyageur Celina Backpack sits at around $495, the brand’s McLaren luggage collection can reach $2,695+.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
The English poet Peter Bayley used it in an 1803 poetry collection to describe a painting of Jesus.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of collection

Noun

Pieces are hand-breaded in a gluten-free flour and spice mixture.

— Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
As Ross immediately calls out, this mixture of a child’s game with a sense of politesse, set to a stately, period-appropriate Vivaldi concerto, absolutely does feel like a game that might have been played in an 18th-century court.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026

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