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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lump (up)
Verb
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This board, however, clumps the function keys into two groups.—
Josh Gulick,
PCMAG,
2 Feb. 2025 -
The crescent cells aren't able to flow as freely through the veins, so they get stuck, clumping up to form blockages that result in the incapacitating pain crises Alessia endures.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Still, blood’s habit of coagulating, so useful in the body, proved a challenge outside of it: within a few minutes of beginning a transfusion, clots would gum up the needles and tubes, seriously limiting the quantity of blood that could be moved from person to person.—
Nicola Twilley,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Another is that ― exactly as happened here ― folks who don't like a new statute should not be allowed to gum up the enforcement of the new statute at the last second.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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The pastures were dotted with sheep, goats and cows whose milk is curdled into the region’s famous Tolminc, an earthy cheese with a touch of sweetness Roš incorporates into some of her creations.—
Ellen Ruppel Shell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Nov. 2024
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If the temperature is too hot, the crème fraîche could curdle, and nobody has time for that.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2024
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The walls of his carotid arteries had thickened and were inflamed.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Powdered sugar: Sweetens and thickens the frosting topping.—
Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Lump (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lump%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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