AGGREGATIONS Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

aggregations

noun

plural of aggregation

as in aggregates

a number of parts or individuals gathered or considered together Large aggregations of whales can be spotted here at this time of year. The team based their conclusions on an aggregation of data from various sources.

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Recent Examples of aggregations These sites often concentrate both wildlife and tourism, bringing together dense aggregations of animals and people in the same space. — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Conchs are slow-moving and must find a mate to reproduce, making dense breeding aggregations especially important for their continued survival. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026 So far this year, shark aggregations have been popping up in Los Angeles County near Will Rogers State Beach and Santa Barbara, Lowe said. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 30 May 2026 Flotillas of them often come ashore along the Pacific Coast in the spring when offshore winds shift, but recent aggregations along beaches and just offshore have been especially dense along the California coast. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 6 May 2026 Even lead author Steve Hoge noted that while larger aggregations might exist, this is one of the biggest ever recorded. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026 One of the largest and oldest recorded aggregations of ground-nesting bees in the world was hiding beneath a small cemetery in upstate New York. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026 Previously Dixon has tried scout snakes, which lead researchers to breeding aggregations, and a tracking dog named Percy. — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026 In addition to attracting bees, the larvae’s perfume also draws other larvae, which could help them to form those flowerlike aggregations. — Chris Simms, Scientific American, 12 Apr. 2026

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Noun

As water is applied to the garden, soil aggregates gradually break down.

— Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Long Weekend largely aggregates and cross-promotes arts events already happening in the area on the first five days of July.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026

Definition of aggregates

Noun

Inspectors found seven dead roaches under kitchen equipment and also noted accumulations of mold and rotting food debris, according to the report.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
Widespread, measurable rainfall is expected, with accumulations of 1 inch or less in most areas.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Definition of accumulations

Noun

Other middle powers such as Brazil, India, Iran, and Turkey are creating and joining a plethora of similar groupings, balancing and hedging between the great powers.

— Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
So on Friday, at UCLA’s second fall practice, the Bruins shifted around personnel and paired various offensive groupings.

— Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of groupings

Noun

The group’s survey efforts are mostly organized into 17 clusters, each containing 12 to 16 individual collection sites spread out in a grid of roughly 14 square miles.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Multiple outbreaks, only one tied to lettuce Not all of these clusters have been linked to the same source, however.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of clusters

Noun

Often these assemblages of items are tied together in a bundle or bag and may be referred to as hands, mojos, or gris-gris.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Six years later, MOCA commissioned Saar to create a series of assemblages and installations to accompany 10 performances of Ellen Sebastian’s theatrical production Sanctified.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of assemblages

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According to the health department, nearly twice as many sample groups of mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus this year compared to the same time last year.

— Katie Houlis, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The interactions between the two groups were lovely, as KiiiKiii bowed to their seniors and expressed their admiration to the XG members.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of groups

Noun

ThayerMahan’s systems use passive acoustic arrays to listen for underwater contacts rather than relying on the target to announce its presence.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
Radio interferometers are arrays of individual dishes that work together as a team, like one large telescope with lots of holes in it.

— Olivia Harper Wilkins, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026

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