1
as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
the standard grouping for an average living room: sofa, matching wing chairs, and the inevitable coffee table
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2
as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
the next grouping of tourists can start the house tour as soon as the last bunch leaves
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1
as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type
you should first group the invertebrates by genus
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as in assembling
to bring together in one body or place
group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here
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Recent Examples of grouping
Skyler Caruso, People.com, 19 June 2025
Bowden lists a grouping of three top-10 prospects as the package that would land Robert on the Padres.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
In practice, this means that India pursues eclectic partnerships with individual countries and groupings of countries, even if some of those partners have strikingly anti-American agendas.
—Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
The way forward is more bespoke groupings like the G-7 that focus on specific challenges.
—Charles A. Kupchan, Time, 14 June 2025
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Noun
Meteorologists and climatologists use three-month groupings based on climate and temperature patterns to track the seasons — with summer specifically, spanning the months of June, July and August in the Northern Hemisphere.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 19 June 2025
Bowden lists a grouping of three top-10 prospects as the package that would land Robert on the Padres.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
In practice, this means that India pursues eclectic partnerships with individual countries and groupings of countries, even if some of those partners have strikingly anti-American agendas.
—Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
The way forward is more bespoke groupings like the G-7 that focus on specific challenges.
—Charles A. Kupchan, Time, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grouping
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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Prune hydrangeas to remove old flower clusters and reshape plants when the blossoms fade 52.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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More than 90 percent of the group has continued to participate in 5-, 10-, 16- and 25-year follow-ups, and the study is ongoing.—
Daliah Singer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 July 2025
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The Zero Emission Transportation Association was among the lobbying groups that bashed the legislation last week.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
9 July 2025
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The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Wednesday against the popular Netflix dating show, classifying its stars as employees and accusing the program of several labor violations.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
13 Dec. 2024
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Those deaths aren't counted in our statistics, and that's primarily because of the difficulty in classifying those deaths in a disaster.—
Melody Schreiber,
NPR,
13 Dec. 2024
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Leaders are recognizing this opportunity, and assembling relocation programs that make the moves a little easier, and integrate new residents into the community.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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As lockdowns quickly spread across the country, the cast and crew are not only quarantined in their hotel but also isolated in their rooms, banned from assembling and even from entering the corridors.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2025
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Half of the batch of 42 adoptable animals went home with new families, according to a news release from the fair.—
Olivia Petty,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2025
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For your next sheet pan dinner, batch of cookies, or party appetizers, grab this set of non-stick baking pans while it’s marked down.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 July 2025
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And if that timeliness doesn't impress you, maybe Cap wrecking a bunch of heavies in an elevator will.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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And then there’s a bunch of teams in that (middle) lane.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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In Georgia, for example, the Georgia State Afterschool Network used its long-standing relationships with community organizations to efficiently distribute grant funds and provide technical support for data collection and analysis and high-quality programming.—
Linda Darling-Hammond,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The entire Flora collection is designed as an ode to female empowerment, femininity and freedom.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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The Velvet Sundown, a band that channels the hazy era of the '60s and '70s, hit the impressive milestone barely a month after dropping their debut album Floating on Echoes on June 5.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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Fittingly for a series whose leading man is in a band, many of them revolve around music.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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“Grouping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grouping. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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