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as in jumble
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a scrapbook that was a clutter of snapshots, diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings
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as in commotion
chiefly dialect
a state of noisy, confused activity
the clutter created by the exhibitors setting up for the annual state fair
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as in to burden
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as in to disarray
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Recent Examples of clutter
Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Reduce clutter so there are fewer hiding spaces for bed bugs.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2025
Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Producers presented the story in exciting new ways while also not cluttering the game with too many idols, advantages, bells, and whistles.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Consider this an opportunity to clear the emotional clutter and make peace with the past.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Reduce clutter so there are fewer hiding spaces for bed bugs.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
Hundreds of unauthorized copies soon cluttered his house.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Producers presented the story in exciting new ways while also not cluttering the game with too many idols, advantages, bells, and whistles.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clutter
Noun
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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Baker also leads the orchestra, which sounds grand — although the sound in the arts center’s Pugh Theater often left musicians, lead singers and chorus all at the same level, with actors speaking over all of it at the same time to create a sonic jumble.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Naturally, this means that even something as small as a new shade of Pocket Blush is bound to cause tons of commotion—and spoiler alert, that’s exactly what happened after Hailey’s recent date night routine.—
Kleigh Balugo,
StyleCaster,
12 Mar. 2025
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Pilots heard the commotion and turned the flight around back to Savannah, police said.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Woke teachers' unions have infected classrooms with radical gender ideology, burdened teachers and staff with DEI policies, and deliberately excluded parents from notification and informed consent concerning the most intimate details of their children's lives.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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More than 63 percent of renters in Little Haiti are cost burdened.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.—
Yasmine Salam,
NBC News,
2 Dec. 2023
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There’s no need to winnow down the dinner menu to showstoppers only, so throw that anxiety out the window and load up the table with a variety of our best Easter recipes.—
Zoe Denenberg,
Bon Appétit,
23 Mar. 2025
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The elegant curtains are crafted from a 100% polyester fabric that comes in a variety of shades and is machine washable.—
Megan Schaltegger,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Minor disturbances, such as noise, movement or a slightly full bladder, can now easily interrupt sleep.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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On Monday, March 24, Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a call about a disturbance at a home on Barkers Crossing Avenue in Houston.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Whether it’s served with cabbage, piled high on rye, or crisped up in a skillet, corned beef remains a symbol of Irish-American resilience, celebration, and good eating.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Locals said the bodies were piled into mass graves near the village’s Alawite shrine.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Certainly, McKinney is trying to provoke; she may also be muddled.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The lack of clarity over strategy would be a concern for Hamilton, given Ferrari have developed an unhealthy reputation for muddling their decisions over the past few seasons.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Clutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clutter. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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