embanked

verb

past tense of embank
as in grouped

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embanked
  1. grouped
  2. accumulated
  3. massed
  4. assembled
  5. amassed
  6. collected
  7. clumped
  8. bunched
Verb
  • Fish and other tiny critters get grouped together in the remaining shallow puddles.
    — Alex Harris July 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
  • Council members approved the compensation agreement and authorized project expenditures as part of the June 30 consent agenda, meaning the actions were considered routine and grouped alongside other items for approval with minimal discussion.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Definition of grouped
Verb
  • In Gaza City alone, around 25 million tons of debris have accumulated, Mohanna said.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Look for areas where dry, brown grass has accumulated on the lawn and use a rake to remove or de-thatch it.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Definition of accumulated
Verb
  • Thousands of demonstrators massed across South African cities, venting anger at undocumented foreign nationals.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 1 July 2026
  • Russian sage tolerates dry soils, too, once established and is beautiful massed or used as edging.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
Definition of massed
Verb
  • Dondi assembled a small but mighty team and established swim lanes.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Luke Gennaro of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry said the exhibit was assembled on short notice after volunteers scrambled to secure donations from businesses across the state.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of assembled
Verb
  • His seven Star Wars videos have attracted uniform praise across thousands of comments and amassed 2 million views.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Brattin amassed $113,972 as of March 31, having secured more from donors than anyone else in the field.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
Definition of amassed
Verb
  • Signatures for the Perkins recall were collected in two batches.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
  • Jersey Mike’s has filed for an initial public offering, and its disclosures reveal just how much its founder and former CEO Peter Cancro and his family collected in compensation and other perks.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 July 2026
Definition of collected
Verb
  • The heroine’s eyes are filled with yearning, her eyelashes glistening and ever-so-perfectly clumped?
    — Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 5 July 2026
  • The same is true if the entire jar seems overly hardened or clumped into a solid mass.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
Definition of clumped
Verb
  • The sides are also bunched together in the NWSL table, with Orlando in eighth place and ACFC a point behind in ninth position.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
  • In the top of the second, the Dodgers bunched four hits, all singles — the first by Hernández, beating out an infield single in his first at-bat since the hamstring injury — to take a 2-0 lead.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of bunched
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