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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
Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
Saturday’s huddle signaled that progress had been made as Trump pushes for a new deal with Iran, as Tehran has accelerated its nuclear development program.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Sheinbaum recalls eavesdropping on their conversations, huddled on a staircase out of sight.
—Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Caleb Williams is going to have several new faces in the huddle with him, to go along with a new coach in his ear calling plays.
—Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
Saturday’s huddle signaled that progress had been made as Trump pushes for a new deal with Iran, as Tehran has accelerated its nuclear development program.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
This is a disappointing outfit desperately in need of a field leader, a staunch huddle general who can command loyalty and model integrity and win the battles.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Sheinbaum recalls eavesdropping on their conversations, huddled on a staircase out of sight.
—Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for huddle
Noun
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Daily pre-shift meetings are standard at D.C. Cobb’s, where staff are trained on which items to promote based on margins and inventory.—
Xandra Harbet,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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At a meeting in Sacramento in late March, leaders of the group, which represents 83,000 electrical workers in the state, said a top goal was to reform the rooftop solar incentives.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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For instance, in 2015, Texas A&M scientists found that implanting electrodes into a cockroach's ganglion (the neuron cluster that controls its front legs) was remarkably effective at successfully steering the roaches 60 percent of the time.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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Look to the southern sky to find it near both Mars and the Beehive Cluster (M44), one of the closest open star clusters to the solar system.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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In the footage, the man, identified as Teodoro Dominguez-Rodriguez, is led by a group of plainclothes men who refused to show ID or a warrant to his attorneys.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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The Facebook group has garnered more than 15,000 new members over a few weeks.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In an early scene of Bad Boy, an award-winning Israeli drama series that has just arrived on Netflix, Tamara Scheinman opens her front door to find the hallway of her apartment building crowded with police.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
2 May 2025
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It’s been a busy season on Broadway, crowded with big stars, boffo hits — and strong contenders for awards attention.—
Gordon Cox,
Variety,
1 May 2025
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The report states that the vehicle came to a stop and the teen -- wearing a tactical helmet and vest -- got out of the front passenger door and initially crouched on the ground.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2025
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Close to a metre down, Matthes began digging through charcoal, as if he were crouched in the middle of a fireplace.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The official said he was not involved in the intelligence gathering.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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McCabe had attended a social gathering at a bar the night before O'Keefe was found with him, Read and others.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2025
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The project was pressed in a run of 15,000 copies, one of the largest batches among the exclusives.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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That means pharmacies and facilities that sell batches of the medication could face FDA enforcement.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Researchers with the Third Marine National Park Research and Education Center observed the herd exhibit a variety of behaviors, including rolling, social grouping, and foraging, all of which are normal in healthy and content dugong populations, officials said.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2025
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Both could also spend time at nickelback depending on the personnel grouping.—
Tashan Reed,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Huddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huddle. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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