as in aggregates
a number of parts or individuals gathered or considered together
Large aggregations of whales can be spotted here at this time of year. The team based their conclusions on an aggregation of data from various sources.
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Recent Examples of aggregations
These flights help monitor changes in animal populations, identify various species, recognize trends using standardized data, and monitor aggregations.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Already, the change has started eating away at the oceans’ physical infrastructure– from shellfish aggregations and coral reefs to the seafloor.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Biofilms are a good example of such aggregations; and a good example of a biofilm is the plaque that forms on your teeth.
—Madeleine Beekman
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Already, the change has started eating away at the oceans’ physical infrastructure– from shellfish aggregations and coral reefs to the seafloor.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Biofilms are a good example of such aggregations; and a good example of a biofilm is the plaque that forms on your teeth.
—Madeleine Beekman
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggregations
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In addition, microfluidic chips can be used to deliver specific gradients of morphogens and nutrients to stem cell aggregates, thus controlling symmetry-breaking.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hydrogen is highly energetic and easy to ignite, posing the risk of an explosion if too much aggregates in one area.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for parts of western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and the West Virginia panhandle, saying that parts of the area could see snow accumulations between one and three inches along with gusting winds.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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If a dipstick test is positive, further lab tests to measure daily protein accumulations in urine can assess possible kidney damage and guide the next steps in the diagnosis.—
Charles Schmidt,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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Codas, or groupings of clicks, were longer during the birth and then became shorter after the newborn emerged, the authors wrote in Scientific Reports.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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This leads to a network of galaxies, galaxy groups, galaxy clusters, and large-scale filaments of structure, with enormous cosmic voids between them.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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The project is designed to meet surging demand for the heavy-lift rockets needed to put clusters of satellites into orbit.—
Jim Wyss,
Bloomberg,
26 Mar. 2026
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Though many were faded and dusty, the assemblages nevertheless crackled with an almost urgent vibrancy, beckoning the viewer closer.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
30 Mar. 2026
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His artworks, which include paintings, sculptures, mixed-media assemblages, mosaics, photographs, and film, are full of mood and foreboding.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
31 Mar. 2025
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The report also noted that two separate client groups from Blackbird Mountain Guides — one a group of female friends with two guides, the other a trio of men with two guides — had been combined into a party of 15 for the trip out to the Castle Peak Snowpark trailhead beside I-80.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The vote marks the first time administrators have joined a strike alongside other LAUSD unions and aligns all three major labor groups in a coordinated potential walkout, raising the likelihood of widespread disruptions in the nation’s second-largest school district.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Speedwell is tolerant of different growing conditions and comes in groundcover varieties as well as taller, upright varieties.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2026
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Lean tuna varieties offer an advantage in terms of protein content.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
2 Apr. 2026
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After reaching orbit, Orion deployed its four solar arrays–angled away from the spacecraft in a way that evokes an X-Wing from Star Wars–while flight controllers worked through a brief communications glitch.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
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The team members simulated different atomic arrays to get a sense of how fast each size could crack the two main encryption schemes, called Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC).—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Aggregations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggregations. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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