1
as in gathering
to come together into one body or place
the mice clustered together into a small burrow
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as in crowding
to gather into a closely packed group
all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake
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Recent Examples of clustering
Upload speeds aren't bad either, often clustering in the 20Mbps range—while not as high as downloads, this is highly capable for things like streaming media and online video calls.
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Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
One tanker has escaped the Strait of Hormuz and a bunch of others are clustering around the exit point, Bloomberg reports.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
So clustering your plants makes your space look better and supports pollinators.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Oakland County’s wealth isn’t evenly shared On this index, Oakland County’s communities are spread across the full socioeconomic range rather than clustering entirely at the top.
—Grigoris Argeros, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
Texas has several major metro regions that have benefited from that clustering effect, including Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin.
—Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
This prevents them from clustering together, creating a layer of cream that used to rise to the top of the bottle and had to be scooped off before drinking (or was seen as a treat by some).
—Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
Instead of clustering near the fractures where groundwater once flowed, the nodules turned up along ridge walls and inside the hollows between ridges.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
Its map shows oil and gas tankers clustering just outside of the strait.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
One tanker has escaped the Strait of Hormuz and a bunch of others are clustering around the exit point, Bloomberg reports.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
So clustering your plants makes your space look better and supports pollinators.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Oakland County’s wealth isn’t evenly shared On this index, Oakland County’s communities are spread across the full socioeconomic range rather than clustering entirely at the top.
—Grigoris Argeros, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
Texas has several major metro regions that have benefited from that clustering effect, including Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin.
—Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
This prevents them from clustering together, creating a layer of cream that used to rise to the top of the bottle and had to be scooped off before drinking (or was seen as a treat by some).
—Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
Instead of clustering near the fractures where groundwater once flowed, the nodules turned up along ridge walls and inside the hollows between ridges.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
Its map shows oil and gas tankers clustering just outside of the strait.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clustering
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Schedule information-gathering conversations in predictable blocks rather than dropping surprise requests.—
ByMike McIsaac CPA,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Prayer vigil to be held Monday On Monday evening, the community is gathering to support the victims' families and pray for healing.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Residents in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood are raising concerns over Waymo vehicles crowding their streets.—
Angeline Jane Bernabe,
ABC News,
15 May 2026
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Perhaps it’s meant to suggest the weight of history or the state apparatuses crowding characters into the bottom of the frame, or space that’s occupied by unseen spirits (Goethe himself?—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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That idea is at the center of Continuous Detection, Continuous Response (CDCR), a new framework implemented through Mate Security’s platform for converging those functions into a single continuous cycle.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Most are attempting to understand where audiences, capital, technology, and cultural influence are converging next.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
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Squeri’s next sojourn as CEO after visiting Buffett in Omaha was huddling with Delta’s Bastian in Atlanta.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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No officials huddling up and putting on headphones.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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Your connections are under a microscope, but clarity arrives around who’s meeting you halfway and who’s just enjoying access to you.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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The interest rate climate is high and static right now, with another Federal Reserve meeting not even scheduled again until June.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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When Sarah’s eyes moved from the map to the paper piling up in my writing nook marked with the chicken scratchings of a madman, her eyebrows arched to the highest point eyebrows can arch.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Martin acknowledged piling bison carcasses in a gulley for erosion control.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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At its core, storytelling is still the nature of his work—finding the truths of a player’s prowess and assembling a narrative about his future performance.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Families are assembling adjacent estates over time, creating compounds designed to remain within clans for generations.—
Natalie Hoberman,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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