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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
a clot of daisies occupied one corner of the flower bed
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as in moron
British
a stupid person
was of the opinion that most of the people running for parliament were clots
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as in to block
to prevent passage through by filling with something
phone lines clotted by Internet traffic
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as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
scabs form over cuts when your blood starts to clot
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Recent Examples of clot
Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2024
If an artery in your heart is occluded by a clot, pain may be felt in distant places such as your neck and your arm.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Erin Edwards, ProPublica, 13 Dec. 2024
Leukemia bruises may last longer because the body is not able to clot the blood.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 26 Sep. 2024
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Noun
This is important because infection can potentially interfere with the protective clot formation and may also break down the clot and cause dry socket.7
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—Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2024
If an artery in your heart is occluded by a clot, pain may be felt in distant places such as your neck and your arm.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
At the hospital, she was given fluids, a clotting drug and a transfusion, but her bleeding continued.
—Erin Edwards, ProPublica, 13 Dec. 2024
Leukemia bruises may last longer because the body is not able to clot the blood.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clot
Noun
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Another study from the same team found that people living near the most dense clusters of poultry farms in that area were more likely to suffer infectious diarrhea and campylobacter infection, a disease associated with bloody diarrhea and stomach cramps, than those living further away.—
Gavin Off,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2025
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Now, there’s a new theory The team led by Shah has submitted a proposal to use the James Webb Space Telescope for follow-up observations to see whether there is a cluster of stars near where the FRB originated.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Sometimes, the first course is kind of mild — a basket of bread and a clump of butter.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Falling ice: Beware of falling ice and snow clumps from tall buildings while things melt.—
Carlie Kollath Wells,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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Republicans successfully slipped in an amendment to the 2025 defense bill that blocks gender-affirming care for transgender children of the military, legislation that Biden signed into law, although many Democrats objected to the provision.—
Brad Dress,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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After a federal court issued an injunction last summer blocking the program, millions of borrowers who had enrolled in SAVE were forced into a forbearance.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Within a few years, the Hawks gelled into a studied, tight backing band.—
Randall Roberts,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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There’s a sizable B-plot featuring Jodie Turner-Smith’s Gracie — a Bahamian woman suffering a crisis of faith regarding how best to abide by her grandmother’s African religion — that never gels with the bright white A-story.—
Erin Strecker,
IndieWire,
17 Dec. 2024
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Child labor on the rise This week's batch of settlements represent the final stretch of the Biden administration’s crackdown on child labor since 2023, when the Labor Department announced a new task force to address an alarming spike in cases.—
Minnah Arshad,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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That makes coming up with deals difficult, but not impossible — and plenty more became possible on Wednesday when trade restrictions were lifted on a batch of players.—
Tony East,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Large chunks of the property have been used for recycling and composting operations since 1995.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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The lefty is coming off a horrendous year and Arizona would likely eat a large chunk of his contract to move him.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Just 30 minutes after being injected with microplastics, blood flow could be obstructed in the mice's brains.—
Hatty Willmoth,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Mapes’ effort to obstruct the federal investigation was ultimately unsuccessful as prosecutors moved forward with charges against Madigan and several others as part of the sweeping probe.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Antonio ended up in intensive care at Dell’s Children's Medical Center and was gaunt, his blood coagulating.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American-Statesman,
24 Nov. 2024
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As a preventative course of treatment, people with the blood disorder receive weekly injections of factor IX to enable their blood to coagulate, said GOSH.—
Julia O'Driscoll, The Week UK,
theweek,
27 June 2024
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“Clot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clot. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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