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as in clusters
a number of things considered as a unit
the standard grouping for an average living room: sofa, matching wing chairs, and the inevitable coffee table
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as in groups
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
the next grouping of tourists can start the house tour as soon as the last bunch leaves
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Recent Examples of groupings
To prevent mealybug infestations, allow airflow between plant groupings and keep infected plants away from healthy ones.
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Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2026
That spirit is exemplified by Ford, a gregarious hostess who moves through the various groupings of women in a diaphanous full-length blue dress, introducing Godfred to a group of attendees and hugging both first-timers and her OGs enthusiastically.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 May 2026
Her best advice is to look for larger groupings that create instant collections.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
Twenty of the panels were accumulators with the same design, so the students started with these, then worked through smaller groupings of panels.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
The student center features comfortable leather furniture – easier to clean up spills – arranged in groupings so students could chat with each other, perhaps study together, perhaps even just take a nap.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2026
That spirit is exemplified by Ford, a gregarious hostess who moves through the various groupings of women in a diaphanous full-length blue dress, introducing Godfred to a group of attendees and hugging both first-timers and her OGs enthusiastically.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 May 2026
Her best advice is to look for larger groupings that create instant collections.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
Twenty of the panels were accumulators with the same design, so the students started with these, then worked through smaller groupings of panels.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
The student center features comfortable leather furniture – easier to clean up spills – arranged in groupings so students could chat with each other, perhaps study together, perhaps even just take a nap.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for groupings
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This fast-growing shrub got its name from the shape of its colorful flowers, which grow as dense spikes or round clusters in red, pink, yellow, or white that attract hummingbirds.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
17 May 2026
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Spread to Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, and Uganda plus clusters of unexplained deaths suggest a far larger outbreak than reported and raise fresh alarms over funding, supplies and regional preparedness.—
Chinedu Asadu,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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But two groups work tirelessly to tell Free Frank’s story — his descendants, spread widely across the country, and a small group of local residents who form the New Philadelphia Association.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Part of an educational expansion at Stonehenge by English Heritage, the hall will be living-history learning space for school groups beginning in September.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
22 May 2026
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Both the Electric Skillet and Slow Cooker are 6-quart, family-sized workhorses designed for big batches, meal prep or feeding a crowd.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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Instead, work in batches as needed.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
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Instead, hormone signals and the glands that produce them are part of a communication system that organises every cell, turning collections of independently functioning cells, tissues and organs into an interconnected human body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The country has spent two decades building museums, commissioning public art, and assembling blue-chip collections.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
20 May 2026
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After that comes the final stop at Current Landing featuring the final three bands.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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Computer models got better at incorporating the observations gathered by aircraft, showing air movements and rain bands in greater detail.—
Brian Tang,
The Conversation,
18 May 2026
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Think solar arrays and wind farms.—
David Condos,
NPR,
19 May 2026
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O'Grady said many community solar projects across Minnesota now use pollinator seed mixes designed to support bees and other wildlife while maintaining the land underneath the arrays.—
Nick Lunemann,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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The conjecture says that even within enormous, scattered and chaotic assemblages of points existing across innumerable dimensions, simple, orderly shapes will inevitably crop up.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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That leads to longer build times as those complicated parts are sewn together with assemblages of other, smaller parts, before being shipped across the ocean, and eventually trucked to the final construction site.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
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For example, the Starlink and Eutelsat OneWeb satellite constellations both downlink via Ku-band frequencies, which are approximately 11 to 14 GHz.—
Margherita Bassi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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Dominating the eastern sky after dark, Boötes is one of the most prominent constellations of late spring.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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“Groupings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groupings. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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