groups 1 of 2

plural of group
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groups

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of group

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of groups
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 Other kids can, too, without their parents interfering on Facebook groups. Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 Class actions are a type of case where individuals or groups can sue on behalf of a much larger collection of people. Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Other groups, inspired by 764, have formed with different names but nearly identical tactics and goals, according to authorities. Mike Levine, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 This increase was seemingly due to the rise in tourism and the targeting of foreign men by criminal groups. Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026 Brazilians lead the way in seven different age groups, from Philippe Coutinho at 16 all the way to Neymar aged 31. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
Because humans can readily resolve patterns in motion — when points move in the same direction, the brain groups them into a unified whole — the moving dots appear as faint letters. Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for groups
Noun
  • The group’s survey efforts are mostly organized into 17 clusters, each containing 12 to 16 individual collection sites spread out in a grid of roughly 14 square miles.
    John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Multiple outbreaks, only one tied to lettuce Not all of these clusters have been linked to the same source, however.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Dirty ore yields cleaner results The researchers tested three different types of iron ore and found that Direct Reduced Grade Taconite, one of the most commonly available grades in Minnesota, performed best.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, last winter, a CBS News New York Investigation found that inspectors find about 60-70 cases per year of NYCHA tenants committing various types of housing fraud, including illegally subleasing their homes.
    Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This disaster ranks as the single largest one-month tornadic outbreak in Indiana’s weather history.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Reid ranks fourth on the NFL’s coaching career victory list, including playoffs, with 279.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Progress center assembles the workhorse vehicle for Russia, the Soyuz-2 vehicle, as well as the newer Soyuz-5 rocket.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Scott Winans, center, of Palisade Cycle & Shuttle and the Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association, supports a beam as a small crew assembles the first parts of a memorial shelter on the Palisade Plunge cycling trail in November 2025.
    Logan Smith, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
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
Noun
  • But despite this budding success, ZZ Top seemed to confound the rock press, who tended to dismiss them or lump them in with other Southern rock bands.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
  • All three children were fatally strangled with exercise bands.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Women heavily lead or outnumber men in high-engagement categories like true crime, relationships, self-improvement, and society-and-culture.
    Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The study evaluated customer satisfaction with various airport lounges across eight categories, including the value of the experience, the staff, the lounges’ food and drinks and their cleanliness and upkeep.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

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