lumped (it)

phrase

past tense of lump (it)

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stood for
Phrase
  • The law stood for a century before the Supreme Court struck it down in 2012 under Citizens United.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In September 2026, Open AI announced that 10,000 of its AI agents had produced a proof of a math problem that had stood for a century – a problem two human mathematicians had spent a year trying to solve.
    — Shahnaz Bashir, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
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“Lumped (it).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumped%20%28it%29. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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