groupings

plural of grouping

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of groupings The Broncos have had fewer play-clock issues the past couple of weeks, and Payton really believes different groupings, frequent substitutions and lots of different looks are a net positive. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025 When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings. Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025 The pair's influence generally seems to result in a style of hit that Swift has referred to as a glitter gel pen song, one of three metaphorical groupings of music that make up her discography. Megan McCluskey, Time, 2 Oct. 2025 Three-receiver sets are the norm for nearly every team on Seattle’s schedule, and Macdonald likes to match those 11 personnel groupings with his three best cover corners. Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025 But such groupings go only so far before each individual case begins to pull and strain in its particulars. Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025 The league groupings completed at the releaguing meeting earlier this month were for non-football sports. Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025 When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings. Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for groupings
Noun
  • If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • These self-organizing clusters start producing blood after about two weeks in the lab, mimicking the process seen in human embryos.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The protests, organized by a coalition of left-leaning groups, were scheduled amid a federal government shutdown.
    Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Solo travelers treating themselves, couples on romantic getaways, friend groups celebrating milestones.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Farmers have very little influence over which microbes take hold, resulting in flavor variations between batches and regions.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Refrigerate uncooked cookie dough between batches.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Gem and mineral specimens of note A number of prominent museums around the world house highly valuable collections.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Museums have to balance security with the freedom to see and engage with their collections.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Musician, producer and music executive Tony Brown served as a keyboard player in road bands for Elvis Presley and Harris early in his career.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The group released two more records before going on hiatus in 2006, at which point Rivers worked as a producer with Jacksonville bands Burn Season and the Embraced.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While largely conceptual in nature, the ramifications could soon help boost advancements in telecommunications and satellite arrays.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In both, a band of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is seen above Earth's horizon, with the space station's solar arrays and the Kibo exposed facility in the foreground.
    Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Non-Orientable Nkansa, 2017, one of his earliest large-scale installations, announced his dedication to monumental assemblages that fixate on negligence and crumbling edifices.
    Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • His artworks, which include paintings, sculptures, mixed-media assemblages, mosaics, photographs, and film, are full of mood and foreboding.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • An anthology of first memories, a meditation on decomposition, spinning constellations—every stanza grapples with change on a private or galactic scale.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • One of the classic constellations of the night sky is Pegasus, the flying horse.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Groupings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groupings. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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