groupings

noun

plural of grouping
1
as in clusters
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 groups
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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Recent Examples of groupings Other middle powers such as Brazil, India, Iran, and Turkey are creating and joining a plethora of similar groupings, balancing and hedging between the great powers. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 So on Friday, at UCLA’s second fall practice, the Bruins shifted around personnel and paired various offensive groupings. — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 8 Aug. 2026 Scale and proportion also play a major role in helping groupings look balanced. — Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2026 When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings. — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026 These groupings leave out some players under contract in Sean Kuraly, Alex Steeves and Mikey Eyssimont. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026 The Consumer Reports investigation found even wider price discrepancies than CBS LA's investigation, with the median difference between the lowest and highest price groupings landing at about 50%. — Kristine Lazar, CBS News, 16 June 2026 To prevent mealybug infestations, allow airflow between plant groupings and keep infected plants away from healthy ones. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026 That spirit is exemplified by Ford, a gregarious hostess who moves through the various groupings of women in a diaphanous full-length blue dress, introducing Godfred to a group of attendees and hugging both first-timers and her OGs enthusiastically. — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for groupings
  1. clusters
  2. groups
  3. batches
  4. bands
  5. collections
  6. arrays
  7. assemblages
  8. constellations
Noun
  • Nine of the top ten robot-building metro clusters in OpenMind's index are in East Asia.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • What the team could do is look at the architecture of these clusters.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of clusters
Noun
  • According to the health department, nearly twice as many sample groups of mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus this year compared to the same time last year.
    — Katie Houlis, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The interactions between the two groups were lovely, as KiiiKiii bowed to their seniors and expressed their admiration to the XG members.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of groups
Noun
  • Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream announced a recall of multiple flavors of frozen fruit bars from select batches with best-before dates ranging from June 2027 to November 2027, according to a news release from the company.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Dozens of batches of frozen Outshine Fruit Bars sold nationally have been recalled because they may be contaminated with glass, according to an announcement from the manufacturer, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of batches
Noun
  • Another summer series is in the Bandshell, where big name bands play weekly free concerts (check out the Celebrate Brooklyn website for the latest lineup).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Music is also a big component, with 10 bands on two stages performing each day.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of bands
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  • The Mob Museum in Las Vegas has been fielding questions and debunking misinformation surrounding the case for years, said Geoff Schumacher, the museum’s vice president of research, collections and programs.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Once a past-due credit card account makes its way to collections, though, the repayment expectations can change significantly.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of collections
Noun
  • To keep the arrays from catching the wind like sails, engineers mount the solar panels at much flatter tilt angles than those used in typical ground installations.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
  • That means the measurements provided by pulsar timing arrays could help determine how abundant heavy black hole seeds were in the early universe.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrays
Noun
  • Often these assemblages of items are tied together in a bundle or bag and may be referred to as hands, mojos, or gris-gris.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Six years later, MOCA commissioned Saar to create a series of assemblages and installations to accompany 10 performances of Ellen Sebastian’s theatrical production Sanctified.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of assemblages
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  • Observing the constellations, the faint glow of distant planets, and the occasional shooting star left me with a sense of awe.
    — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But as other constellations come online, regulatory policy, and not physics, might become the biggest factor determining orbital carrying capacity.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
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“Groupings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groupings. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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