groupings

plural of grouping

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Recent Examples of groupings 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 Her best advice is to look for larger groupings that create instant collections. Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 2 May 2026 The longtime Friday night series has thematic groupings this year. JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for groupings
Noun
  • Scattered throughout are 17 suites unfolding across the hillside in clusters of ancient stone farmhouses.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Not all of these clusters have been linked to the same source, however.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Wednesday night, about 75 agencies from police to community groups, the mayor's office and district attorney's office came together for the One Downtown Task Force's public safety working session.
    Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Armed groups, known as bandits in Nigeria, regularly carry out raids and kidnappings for ransom in the northwest and north-central parts of the country.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Working in batches if needed, place sliders in air-fryer basket (do not overcrowd).
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
  • An undercover officer had bought three batches of seven grams of psilocybin mushrooms and two-gram marijuana vapes from Michael Antonio Kuester between April and June.
    Julia Coin Updated July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • The body of the black-and-yellow mangrove snake is uniformly black or black above and bluish below, with transverse yellow bands circling its entire length.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Long horizontal lines and bands of glazing run from the near-vertical bow to the cascading aft decks, giving the vessel a sense of movement even at rest.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Miniso’s popularity has grown as the company focuses on affordable lifestyle products, including viral blind boxes and licensed collections featuring franchises like Minecraft and My Little Pony.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In his new role, Quijon will be in charge of one of the Philippines’ largest contemporary art collections, spanning the 1960s to the 1980s.
    News Desk, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Songs were deconstructed and reconstructed each night as the pair hunched over their blinking arrays.
    Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The satellite had deployed its solar arrays and was firing its thrusters.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Pathbreaking artist Betye Saar, whose powerful assemblages of racist memorabilia served up scorching commentary on the condition of the Black American—particularly the Black American woman—died on July 26 in Los Angeles.
    News Desk, Artforum, 28 July 2026
Noun
  • The lowest two stars are Altair and Deneb, which mark the tails of the great eagle and swan in the constellations Aquila and Cygnus, respectively.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • As constellations expand for broadband, Earth observation, and other purposes, projections of 25,000 or more satellites by 2030 carrying hundreds of thousands of petabytes of data continue to rise.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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“Groupings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groupings. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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