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as in batch
a number of things considered as a unit
a cluster of stars in the southern sky
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as in grouping
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a small cluster of reporters waited by the courthouse door
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as in to gather
to come together into one body or place
the mice clustered together into a small burrow
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as in to huddle
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 cluster
Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2025
These are the villages within the city, clusters of homes in mazelike layouts of narrow streets.
—Scott Mowbray Amrita Chandradas, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
The braided and beaded trinkets are woven with messages of kindness, song lyrics or inside jokes among her devotees, who cluster in venue aisles and interminable merchandise lines at concerts to trade as part of their own secret society.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
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Noun
This Free Spirited bouquet features a dramatic cluster of bicolor roses.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2025
These are the villages within the city, clusters of homes in mazelike layouts of narrow streets.
—Scott Mowbray Amrita Chandradas, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
Because of the windy weather, most families with kids were clustered in the indoor Botanical Pool.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
The braided and beaded trinkets are woven with messages of kindness, song lyrics or inside jokes among her devotees, who cluster in venue aisles and interminable merchandise lines at concerts to trade as part of their own secret society.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cluster
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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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Philadelphia led in shots with that grouping on the ice and had some extended offensive zone shifts.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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What To Know While Beijing strengthens ties with key players in this grouping, the future of Biden's legacy in the region appears uncertain.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Crowds gathered to watch as people competed to resemble some of the most popular celebrities, including Chalamet.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2025
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Because using solar power to heat water is horribly inefficient and conflating it with photovoltaics ignores the difference between gathering thermal energy and the electrochemical processes behind photovoltaics.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Volunteers handed out coffee and snacks to the people huddled in their cars to stay warm.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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Hillary and her top advisers were huddling on the plane, trying to figure out how to weather this one last blow.—
Ilyse Hogue,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
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In the latest days of the Triassic, early dinosaurs lived alongside giant amphibians, gharial-like phytosaurs and an array of crocodile relatives that took forms ranging from armadillo-like to apex predators.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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If each individual artifact reveals relatively little, the enormous array Barraclough assembles—from Scandinavia, Western Europe, Newfoundland, and trading posts as far east as present-day Russia—adds depth to the traditional portrait of Viking culture.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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MrBeast is officially bidding for TikTok Social media star MrBeast is looking to buy TikTok with a group of investors as the deadline approaches for the company to avoid a permanent ban in the US.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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The duo will stop by the lodge to discuss their documentary exploring how out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turned a new sound into a global movement, along with their Academy Award winning executive producer.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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With substantial investments, international collaborations, and technological progress converging, the possibility of a QC singularity—where quantum systems achieve practical, widespread utility—appears increasingly plausible in the near future.—
Luis E. Romero,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Health care bankers at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference anticipate a bounty of Q1 process launches as several factors converge to improve the dealmaking environment.—
Aaron Weitzman,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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Others had traversed multiple countries by bus, and yet others had crowded for months into shelters and local hotels hoping for confirmation of an asylum appointment via the mobile app, CBP One, that the Biden administration had utilized since early 2023 to ease the process of applying for asylum.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Halfway between Cancún and Mérida (roughly two to three hours from either), this UNESCO World Heritage site is often crowded with tourists and vendors.—
John Newton,
AFAR Media,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Cluster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluster. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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