1
as in collecting
to bring together in one body or place
when we lumped all of our pocket change together, we found that we had just enough a buy a carton of ice cream
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as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
while I was on crutches, I was lumping about the house like an elephant
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Recent Examples of lumping
Some researchers argue that UPFs are too broad a category to be useful, lumping together yogurts and whole-grain breads with potato chips and candy.
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William Warr, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Dave Canales kept saying the Panthers had lost four turnovers, presumably lumping in Andrew Wingard’s would-be pick six with the turnover total.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Although the lack of roux means that red-eye gravy is ready in minutes with minimal stirring and no risk of lumping, some cooks cannot resist thickening their gravy with pinches of flour or cornmeal, or toning it down with a splash of cream.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
The proposal would split the council’s at-large positions into separate seats rather than lumping them together on the ballot.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
William Warr, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Dave Canales kept saying the Panthers had lost four turnovers, presumably lumping in Andrew Wingard’s would-be pick six with the turnover total.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Although the lack of roux means that red-eye gravy is ready in minutes with minimal stirring and no risk of lumping, some cooks cannot resist thickening their gravy with pinches of flour or cornmeal, or toning it down with a splash of cream.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
The proposal would split the council’s at-large positions into separate seats rather than lumping them together on the ballot.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumping
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The initial financial crimes investigation that led to the discovery of the bodies found that Kraus had been collecting his parents’ social security benefits and using the funds for his own personal use, according to police.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Crime Scene Search and MEDIC were also involved in processing the scene and collecting evidence, according to CMPD's press release.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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The video shows agents ducking for cover in front of two white vans while quickly shuffling detainees inside the facility, where an ICE agent frantically guided the detainees down a hallway.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Instead of shuffling through the deep cabinet shelves for small jars, attach rows of slim shelves with dowel rods to safely hold a few dozen spices.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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Soon, the show introduces the Guinness family enforcer Sean Rafferty, a steely and strong-jawed James Norton, who’s assembling his men to tamp down on the protestors.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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As the time went by, viewers saw the couple — who tied the knot in 2018 — getting ultrasounds, assembling various baby toys and setting up their nursery, which McCreery told PEOPLE was Winnie the Pooh-themed.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Norwegian stomping clear of a defence caught too high up the pitch.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Throngs of teenagers can be seen in the videos hitting, kicking, stomping and pushing victims.—
Robert Anglen,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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So after gathering all the adults who had tried to exert influence over the hybrids in a holding cell, Wendy laid down the new laws of the land while her Xenomorph and its chestburster youngling watched menacingly on.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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About half of Constellation’s US customers are Hispanic, and some have stopped going out to restaurants and gathering in large groups out of fear of being swept up in deportations, CEO Bill Newlands previously said.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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The episode ends with a surreal, graphic deepfake scene of a totally nude Donald Trump stumbling around a desert.—
Nick Marx,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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Inside the agency, Dudek, ill-prepared for leadership or for DOGE’s murky agenda, was stumbling through the chaos in part by creating some of his own.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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To cope, Chinese companies have turned more to grouping large numbers of less efficient, often homegrown, chips together to achieve similar computing capabilities.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Create a neutral fall display by grouping elegant white and pale-orange pumpkins.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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Gods have been especially helpful in this task of corralling the manual labor of the people and legitimizing it symbolically.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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Their ability to swing elections brings some efficiency to proxy battles, corralling the efforts of corporate management and the hedge funds trying to pressure them, and winning over the Big Three is usually enough for either side to secure victory.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Lumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumping. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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