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group

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Recent Examples of group
Noun
Barghouti is a board member of the Institute for Middle East Understanding, a pro-Palestinian foreign policy group located in California. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026 Al Hassan remembers showing a group of visitors TAMM’s feature for taking pictures and reporting potholes. — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
Ghosts have gone more mainstream than vampires, no longer grouped with the other weird freaks— the zombies and the werewolves, that paranormal genre once ascribed only to lovers of the macabre. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 For the occasion Rossi, who launched his brand after years of studying shoemaking under his footwear-guru father Sergio, has retraced the trajectory of his creative process and grouped his designs in a photographic tome published by Rizzoli. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for group
Recent Examples of Synonyms for group
Noun
  • Genetic comparisons revealed that deep-sea viral communities in the region are almost entirely unique, with just 4 percent of their protein clusters matching global databases.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The source was generally in good condition, but mold spots and dense clusters of small white specks required careful treatment.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In separate local elections, various independent candidates and groupings appeared to be winning most seats nationwide, a traditional result.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, of the 105 political parties and groupings qualified to participate, only 33 had successfully submitted their membership lists.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The latest salvo is a two-week ad campaign launching Thursday in the Atlanta and Macon markets, the first broadcast buy of its kind for the caucus.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Non-essential workers—executives, administrators, management of all kinds—disappeared into Zoom en masse across the country.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Only 15 were classified as youth- or student-led groups, while the remaining 35 included communist organizations, labor groups, political organizations and professional protest coordinators.
    — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Near the epicenter, the agency estimated an intensity of VIII, classified as severe on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, which measures how strongly the ground shakes at individual locations.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That arrangement is efficient for moving large volumes over long distances, but assembling trains and coordinating terminal operations can make smaller, short-haul shipments less economical.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
  • In one of those roles, the chair assembled a formal transition committee that met with me throughout my first six months.
    — Anna Maria Chavez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Good e-Reader says that Amazon is aware of the issue and has confirmed that a manufacturing issue may have led to defects in the current batch of Kindles.
    — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This week’s batch includes new albums from Cameron Winter, Deafheaven, Dawn Richard, Troye Sivan, and more.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • So Sherman bought a bunch of funky fabric and cheap rhinestone jewelry and recreated the poses herself, as only the great artist of our postmodern age could.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Of course, the first film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, remains the best of the bunch, but there’s some value and fun in Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade too (and even parts of Crystal Skull.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Chen said another product category that has taken off is their souvenir merchandise.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Adenocarcinomas belong to a broader category of lung cancers known as non-small cell lung cancer, which tend to grow more slowly and spread less quickly to other parts of the body.
    — Alice Park, Time, 14 Oct. 2026

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“Group.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/group. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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