agglomeration
noun
ag·glom·er·a·tion
ə-ˌglä-mə-ˈrā-shən 
1
: the action or process of collecting in a mass
the agglomeration of matter into stars and galaxies
2
: a heap or cluster of usually disparate (see disparate sense 1) elements
… an agglomeration of 100-year-old cottages with gingerbread scroll-saw ornamentation.—
Ira Henry Freeman
Ira Henry Freeman3
: a large, densely and contiguously populated area consisting of a city and its suburbs
an urban agglomeration
Examples of agglomeration in a Sentence
This suburb has become just a vast agglomeration of houses, people, and cars.
the bedroom community became a vast agglomeration of houses, schools, and small shops
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Other than the Communist Party itself, no group suffered as much scrutiny or punishment during the Red Scare as the amorphous agglomeration known as the federal workforce.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Through the clustering of talent, industry, and capital and the agglomeration economics that result, big coastal cities like New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, and Washington, DC, have monopolized innovation and its myriad benefits.
—Nicholas Lalla, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025
Central and Prospect Parks were conceived as vast and soothing preserves deliberately contrasting with the dense agglomeration that their creator, Frederick Law Olmsted, considered noxious.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 July 2024
Just an agglomeration of holds and sells on Wall Street.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024
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Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Through the clustering of talent, industry, and capital and the agglomeration economics that result, big coastal cities like New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, and Washington, DC, have monopolized innovation and its myriad benefits.
—Nicholas Lalla, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025
Central and Prospect Parks were conceived as vast and soothing preserves deliberately contrasting with the dense agglomeration that their creator, Frederick Law Olmsted, considered noxious.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 July 2024
Just an agglomeration of holds and sells on Wall Street.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Agglomeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agglomeration. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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agglomeration
noun
ag·glom·er·a·tion
ə-ˌgläm-ə-ˈrā-shən
1
: the action or process of collecting in a mass
2
: a heap or cluster of dissimilar elements
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