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as in meeting
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
after an all-night huddle, the state legislature finally approved a budget for the coming year
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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
saw a huddle of tents that turned out to be a Scout encampment
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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
in the lobby during intermission huddles of theatergoers were excitedly discussing the play
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as in to crowd
to gather into a closely packed group
the puppies huddled together to keep warm
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Recent Examples of huddle
Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
To cope with that relentlessness, Gunderson then moved the drill down to the 10-yard line in order to get Johnson back into the huddle sooner.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Set it up on an outdoor table in your backyard or bring it with you while tailgating or huddled up on the sidelines of a soccer game.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Kittle at least filled Warner’s role in hyping up and breaking down Wednesday’s pre-practice huddle.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
To cope with that relentlessness, Gunderson then moved the drill down to the 10-yard line in order to get Johnson back into the huddle sooner.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
The cryptocurrency industry’s top legislative priority is facing yet more headwinds shortly after CEOs huddled with senators to salvage bipartisan talks.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Set it up on an outdoor table in your backyard or bring it with you while tailgating or huddled up on the sidelines of a soccer game.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for huddle
Noun
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Around this time, Backmann, also PCC executive director, contacted Army CID to discuss arranging a meeting with the Grogan family.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Daily Dividend With the ongoing government shutdown, a Federal Reserve meeting and a barrage of earnings reports, you were bound to miss some headlines this week.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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These gorgeous cluster bowls from The Favorites make creating a holiday dip spread, a crudité platter, a taco night, or a baked potato bar—use your imagination—so much faster and easier.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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Now, however the cluster of six ±1% moves since the sharp 3% drop on October 10 has materialized.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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The organization taps a multidisciplinary group of physicians, scientists, chemists, engineers, epidemiologists, economists, psychologists, statisticians, sociologists, and community members to turn scientific discovery into actionable knowledge.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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More on why environmental groups are concerned.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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The human theater will play out on the sand, the smell of sunscreen will fill the air, and the piping plovers and other beach birds will crowd into the little spaces left for them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Bells ring, campuses crowd and intramural pamphlets pile up.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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After a brief struggle for traction, the robot regained control by crouching slightly, mimicking a human posture to exert force.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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Rather than playing her violin on her shoulder, the violinist crouched on a rug with Belaji, facing the instrument toward the floor.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
28 Oct. 2025
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Its Keigan Genius Salon revived the intimate cross-disciplinary gatherings of 18th-century Europe — bringing together designers, artists and cultural figures to explore the intersection of fashion, architecture and art.—
Li Jun,
Footwear News,
2 Nov. 2025
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Rich hues of yellow, red, and orange mums dot our porches, and for social gatherings, our fall styles echo the staple colors of the season.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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Now, one of her enemies has done the same — only this batch of flames is more like being tossed into an incinerator than warming up by the fireplace.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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The scarcity is not performed but natural; small-batch production means fewer than a thousand of any one item exist.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Some wonky orbital math suggests that Jupiter’s gravitational influence could have condensed rubble from the breakup into such a grouping.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
3 Nov. 2025
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In the fall, Hempstead recommends hiking just beyond Chester Lake to Elephant Rocks, a grouping of huge limestone boulders surrounded by coniferous trees called larches, whose soft needles turn buttery yellow in late September.—
Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Huddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huddle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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