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as in cluster
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 group
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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as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type
you should first group the invertebrates by genus
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as in assembling
to bring together in one body or place
group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Then there's the division of votes by state groupings.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Based on associations between orcas, the researchers determined that there were at least two distinct social groupings, each with five to six individuals.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024
Athletics is the larger grouping that track and field falls under, coving a wide variety sports broken into several running, walking, jumping and throwing disciples.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
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The grouping includes artists like Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, Benson Boone, Jelly Roll, and Shaboozey, among others.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Then there's the division of votes by state groupings.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Based on associations between orcas, the researchers determined that there were at least two distinct social groupings, each with five to six individuals.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024
Athletics is the larger grouping that track and field falls under, coving a wide variety sports broken into several running, walking, jumping and throwing disciples.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
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Raytheon just agreed last week to pay a mind-boggling $950 million in criminal and civil charges to the U.S. government for a cluster of offenses ranging from inflated prices for missiles, to bribes for sales to Qatar.Charles Tiefer, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The house was found in Pompeii’s Insula dei Casti Amanti site, a cluster of buildings that opened to the public this year.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
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Music is such a unifying force, and the positive response from both groups gave me the courage to keep sharing.Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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The reversals of fortune that befell many millennials continue to worsen, in some respects, for Gen Z. Adults under the age of twenty-five are now spending forty-six per cent more on health insurance and thirty-one per cent more on housing than the same age group did a decade ago.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
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Facebook User Busted Selling Stolen U.S. Army Weapons, FBI Says A California man has been accused of using Facebook to sell items from a batch of $2 million worth of U.S. Army weapons, stolen by a former officer in North Carolina.Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Brightening up 61st Street in Woodlawn since August, Lynn’s Chicago Pizza is trying to convert South Side deep-dish skeptics with small batches of pies and the human touch of a two-person partnership.Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2024
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Sony is confident, however, that fanboys will find the third outing to be the best of the bunch and help fuel better-than-expected ticket sales.Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
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Talk about a stocking stuffer: A bunch of TV celebrities are going to get naked for a good cause this December.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 Oct. 2024
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Full Vertical Collection This collection is valued at $12,000.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2024
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The group has seen eight different collections rise into the top 10 on the Top Album Sales chart, with just two missing the No. 1 rung.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The series finale saw the band split up after one final concert.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Schaffer started addressing his political beliefs after 9/11 both in song (the band’s 2004 album, The Glorious Burden, took inspiration from the Civil War) and in interviews.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
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And Arkansas has a full array of festivals for even the most persnickety among us, especially in the fall.Lisa Baker Gibbs My Roots Are Showing, arkansasonline.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Hurricane Kristy spaghetti models Illustrations include an array of forecast tools and models, and not all are created equal.Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Photo : Ten Tenths Motor Club On display was an approximately $35 million assemblage of supercars boasting a total of more than 15,000 hp.London Clark, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024
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No assemblage of seven time-consuming components in these dishes.Scott Hocker, theweek, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Grouping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grouping. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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