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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
Michael Kan, PCMAG, 30 Jan. 2025
Living On the Crusts First discovered in 2023, the Borealis Mud Volcano is distinguished by a cluster of craters within a depression around 1,600 feet to 2,000 feet in diameter and an active gryphon, which is a steep cone that expels mud and other fluids, gasses, and oils.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Jamie Carter, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The city’s population was clustered along the coast, far from the backcountry, where most fires burned.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The call was made on an unmodified consumer smartphone, which connected to AST's orbiting cluster of five BlueBird satellites, which are designed to act as a cell tower in space.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 30 Jan. 2025
Living On the Crusts First discovered in 2023, the Borealis Mud Volcano is distinguished by a cluster of craters within a depression around 1,600 feet to 2,000 feet in diameter and an active gryphon, which is a steep cone that expels mud and other fluids, gasses, and oils.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
On that night—and on a very many nights either side, in practice—Mars, Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter will be clustered in a 10-degree wide patch of the southwestern post-sunset night sky.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The city’s population was clustered along the coast, far from the backcountry, where most fires burned.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cluster
Noun
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The National Archives has over the last three decades made material related to Kennedy's assassination available to the public, with the latest batch disclosed in August 2023.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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In The Bachelorette's most recent season, Jenn Tran, the first Asian American star to lead any Bachelor series, chose Devin Strader from a batch of 25 contestants.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Repeating this process five times with varying groupings yielded an average accuracy of 80 percent.—
Lucy Tu,
Scientific American,
7 Feb. 2025
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What’s important to note is that this food grouping system doesn’t account for nutritional value, Dr. Vadiveloo says.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The trend has been squarely rising for the past decade, gathering pace in the pandemic, to become a defining way to travel for wealthy privacy-hunters and families looking for a hyper-luxe set-up to fly and flop across the generations.—
Giles Hattersley,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2025
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Israelis gathered in a Tel Aviv square, watching the hostage release live on a large screen.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
15 Feb. 2025
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Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, and Brady Corbett huddled together for a convivial conversation over the pumping jazz, and Vogue columnist Raven Smith and British presenter Clara Amfo shared some cackles.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2025
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For four hours, families huddled in fear as ICE swept through their homes and neighborhood.—
Juan Peña,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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With parent company, General Motors Co. stepping up their game tremendously in recent years with focus primarily on SUVs and trucks, their array of consumer brands have recently got alot of attention with Buick and Cadillac.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2025
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The array of explosions also varied in terms of luminosity, which will aid researchers in their search for answers to dark energy and the acceleration of the universe.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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The conflict began on Oct. 7, 2023, when militants from Hamas and other groups broke through the border with Israel and killed some 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostage, according to Israeli authorities.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
15 Feb. 2025
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Before Trump took office, banks and industry groups sometimes sued to block some of the agency’s rules.—
Cora Lewis,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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Every July, some of the world's most wealthy and powerful figures from the media, finance, technology and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive weeklong conference.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2025
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His disses and phenomenal momentum certainly helped, but several factors converged.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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But the best part was a trio of crafting stations, each of which was crowded with girls decorating hats, putting on stickers and customizing T-shirts.—
Axios,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
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Lukaku and Martial both had their moments, even if they are not remembered by the Old Trafford crowd with great fondness.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Cluster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluster. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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