CLUSTERING Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

clustering

verb

present participle of cluster

as in gathering

to come together into one body or place the mice clustered together into a small burrow

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as in crowding

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 clustering Rockstar has a track record of clustering major beats around its parent company’s reporting dates, and a trailer ahead of that call would give the company’s brass something to point at as a symbol of unquestionable success. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 CorPower's commercial plan involves clustering dozens of buoys into arrays called CorPacks, each capable of producing hundreds of megawatts. — New Atlas, 21 July 2026 Winter meant going with her grandmother to the famed butterfly clustering site at the Monarch Grove Sanctuary in the town of Pacific Grove. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 Unlike conventional cement, however, this new C-S-H develops throughout the material rather than clustering around cement particles. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026 The government extended internet access so that, rather than clustering in parks, Cubans could go online on our phones. — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026 Upload speeds aren't bad either, often clustering in the 20Mbps range—while not as high as downloads, this is highly capable for things like streaming media and online video calls. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026 One tanker has escaped the Strait of Hormuz and a bunch of others are clustering around the exit point, Bloomberg reports. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026 Oakland County’s wealth isn’t evenly shared On this index, Oakland County’s communities are spread across the full socioeconomic range rather than clustering entirely at the top. — Grigoris Argeros, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026

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The coalition has been canvassing the state, visiting churches, grocery stores and neighborhoods to talk to residents about the issue and gathering 3,500 signatures to present to lawmakers in hopes of inspiring legislative change.

— Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Officers are gathering information at the scene, according to a Fort Worth Police Department spokesperson.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of gathering

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Unlike many other fruit trees, persimmons develop a deep taproot, meaning the bare-root tree should be planted deeper to allow the main root to extend straight down without bending or crowding.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 12 Aug. 2026
Yet along with this should come the recognition that the highs achieved by those momentum stocks in the second quarter came from massive leverage and crowding that won’t quickly return, not from pure fundamental improvement.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

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Three converging trends explain why the home is where this story will be won or lost, and why the industry serving it needs to innovate and adapt at speed.

— Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Strategists warn that rock-bottom volatility, fresh stock market all-time highs and unresolved geopolitical risks are converging just as markets enter the historically stormy mid-August-to-mid-October stretch.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

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Once a fixture of the American experience, the custom of collectively huddling around the cathode-ray hearth has largely been supplanted by the isolationist practices of the smartphone era.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, Hochul visited the Buffalo Bills training camp, chatting with fans and huddling with the team.

— Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 29 July 2026

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And for now, Huawei has compensated by piling more chips together.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
The bodies start piling up – and business booms – but the growing enterprise puts the trio in the crosshairs of the powerful gangsters and underworld figures in the lawless border town of Saribgunj.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of piling

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An Acquisition Chain, Not A One-Off OpenRouter lands on top of a stack Stripe has been assembling piece by piece.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Peltz weighs deal for Wendy’s Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund is assembling a group that could bid to take Wendy’s private as the chain faces declining sales, falling traffic, and restaurant closures.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of assembling

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