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embank

verb

Definition of embank

as in to conglomerate

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Unilever’s decision to combine its food business with McCormick & Company while spinning off its ice cream division reflects a broader shift toward portfolio clarity rather than conglomerate complexity.

— Louis Biscotti, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026
The quickly conglomerating media industry led Henson to consider corporate partnerships to assist with his goal of further expanding the Muppet media universe.

— Jared Bahir Browsh, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026

Definition of conglomerate

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Hassouna and co-editor Denis LePaven pace the chronological patchwork of footage less as a story with a predestined shape, and more as shifting tiles of accumulating losses that the audience can traverse without being too overwhelmed.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
The forces of destruction accumulated through the Second World War.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of accumulate

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Earlier this year, Johnson ordered Chicago police to collect evidence for possible felony charges against agents.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
After varying the ratios of grass to hay and corn, the milk was then collected to make Cantal cheese and analyzed both in labs and by a jury of consumer experts.

— Vivian Song, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

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Pantone grouped 20 of the new shades into four trend palettes demonstrating how its forecast for bolder color can take several markedly different forms.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Through specialized processes, Prysmian can group nearly 7,000 individual fibers into a single cable.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of group

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The latest contract builds on work that began in 2023, when GE Aerospace received initial funding for concept development and assembled the team that would work on the platform.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
The football players receive 60 minutes against a roster that is usually bigger, faster, stronger and assembled with exponentially more money.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of assemble

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All players from all eras not currently in the Hall of Fame will all be lumped into one category for nomination.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
In 2021, the company started announcing growth from Azure and other cloud services, later lumping in some revenue from the GitHub and Nuance Communications acquisitions.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of lump

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Every autumn, as the bay freezes, hundreds of these bears gather around it before heading out across the ice, and thousands of tourists come to see them.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
As my family gathered at my younger brother's apartment in downtown Philadelphia the next day, the mood was deeply heavy.

— Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of gather

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There was once an NFL team with an embarrassment of talent amassed on its roster.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
At the time all the remaining KC Hardee’s shuttered, TV program Inside Edition posted a video online of a vacant Hardee’s in Blue Springs, which amassed nearly 1 million views.

— Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026

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