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as in assembled
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 shuffled
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 lumped
The entire logic of the exhibition—with science and art, fresh names and familiar ones, lumped together—is here in miniature.
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
When the alt-rock revolution began just a few years later, Journey were lumped together with REO Speedwagon, Styx, and Foreigner as fossils from a bygone corporate rock era, and that seemed unlikely to change.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
News that Anthropic is testing its powerful new artificial intelligence model throttled enterprise software stocks, including cybersecurity names that should never be lumped in with the rest.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
Despite the geographic distance, both populations had been lumped under the same species classification for years.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Despite their diversity, though, their experiences tend to be lumped together, and often treated as the same as migrants’.
—Hosffman Ospino, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
Now both are being lumped together by critics as east coasters.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 5 Mar. 2026
What made the whole affair so sad was that everybody seemed to be responding to something different, though it all got lumped into the same rolling controversy.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
For example, any list of great movies might contain a few films each by Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock, lumped in with all the rest.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
When the alt-rock revolution began just a few years later, Journey were lumped together with REO Speedwagon, Styx, and Foreigner as fossils from a bygone corporate rock era, and that seemed unlikely to change.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
News that Anthropic is testing its powerful new artificial intelligence model throttled enterprise software stocks, including cybersecurity names that should never be lumped in with the rest.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
Despite the geographic distance, both populations had been lumped under the same species classification for years.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Despite their diversity, though, their experiences tend to be lumped together, and often treated as the same as migrants’.
—Hosffman Ospino, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
Now both are being lumped together by critics as east coasters.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 5 Mar. 2026
What made the whole affair so sad was that everybody seemed to be responding to something different, though it all got lumped into the same rolling controversy.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
For example, any list of great movies might contain a few films each by Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock, lumped in with all the rest.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumped
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Museum workers had assembled it from forty pieces with no instruction manual.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Stranger Things’ original cast was assembled in 2015 when Season 1 was shot.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2026
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After the offense was shut out on four hits in Tuesday night’s 2-0 loss to the Angels, Counsell shuffled the lineup.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Instead, Meyerson was shuffled to three different ALFs in six months — from Hialeah to Kendall to Homestead.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Sachs said additional data about Idahoans would likely have to be collected to fulfill the requirements.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Apr. 2026
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The number is based on accounts collected from residents in Jean Denis as well as officials and community leaders.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stomped around here like rabid Goths wearing bearskin vests.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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Frustration boiled over on the Huskies’ sideline as Hurley stomped his foot and earned a technical foul from referee James Breeding with 12 and a half minutes left in the half.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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Jeannoel joined the hundreds of other community members gathered in Coral Springs Friday evening at the vigil in Metayer’s honor.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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In Broadview, a few dozen gathered to commemorate the ritual outside alongside detainees.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The nearest Portugal defender stumbled as the ball came to Pulisic just in front of the 6-yard box.—
Michael Cunningham,
AJC.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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James, the Army veteran from Phoenix, had stumbled across it one night last June, while his wife slept.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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In addition to the Obama Center artists, who will be grouped in a section called Embodiment, there are two other main sections at the fair.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Artemis 4 candidate landing sites are grouped around the south pole below Moretus at the extreme edge of the lunar disk, though only a glimpse of the most northerly sites such as Nobel Crater and Malapert Massif can be spotted when lunar libration is favorable.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Tumi Moshobane corralled the rebound and earned a penalty kick, and Brito’s powerful spot kick forced a rebound.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Apr. 2026
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But my ardor for Jake Skeets’s brilliant first book begins with the violence and beauty corralled on its front cover.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Lumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumped. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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