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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
the standard grouping for an average living room: sofa, matching wing chairs, and the inevitable coffee table
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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
the next grouping of tourists can start the house tour as soon as the last bunch leaves
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1
as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type
you should first group the invertebrates by genus
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as in assembling
to bring together in one body or place
group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here
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Recent Examples of grouping
semafor.com, 10 July 2025
The research team separated the DNA into three major groupings: pre-contact between the Inuit and Europeans, post-contact until 1998, and then post-1998 to present-day samples.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
Stephens speculated that the financial services sector, the most underweight grouping in the S & P 500, may drive Interactive Brokers , the largest financial stock in S & P 400 Midcap index, to migrate to the 500.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 10 July 2025
The largest grouping of homes, 120, will be the cheapest.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Noun
Von der Leyen’s victory was all but assured after the parliament’s socialist grouping agreed to back her in exchange for a concession on social spending, but the episode has left her weakened.
—semafor.com, 10 July 2025
The research team separated the DNA into three major groupings: pre-contact between the Inuit and Europeans, post-contact until 1998, and then post-1998 to present-day samples.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
Stephens speculated that the financial services sector, the most underweight grouping in the S & P 500, may drive Interactive Brokers , the largest financial stock in S & P 400 Midcap index, to migrate to the 500.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 10 July 2025
The largest grouping of homes, 120, will be the cheapest.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grouping
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The team’s genetic analysis focused on the Hox cluster: a family of genes found widely across the animal kingdom that fundamentally control an organism’s physical development.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
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Just as with Windows antivirus tools, there are two main pricing clusters for a single-year Mac antivirus subscription, one around $40 and one around $50.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 July 2025
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All numbers via hockeydb Savoie delivered the strongest WHL season in the group, an exceptional campaign at age 19.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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The Zero Emission Transportation Association was among the lobbying groups that bashed the legislation last week.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
9 July 2025
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The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Wednesday against the popular Netflix dating show, classifying its stars as employees and accusing the program of several labor violations.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
13 Dec. 2024
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Those deaths aren't counted in our statistics, and that's primarily because of the difficulty in classifying those deaths in a disaster.—
Melody Schreiber,
NPR,
13 Dec. 2024
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Leaders are recognizing this opportunity, and assembling relocation programs that make the moves a little easier, and integrate new residents into the community.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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As lockdowns quickly spread across the country, the cast and crew are not only quarantined in their hotel but also isolated in their rooms, banned from assembling and even from entering the corridors.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2025
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These pipelines must evolve beyond rigid batch jobs toward flexible, scalable flows that support high-volume and low-latency requirements.—
Shinoy Vengaramkode Bhaskaran,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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In another batch of letters shared later in the afternoon, Trump said tariffs would be set at 25% for Tunisia, 30% for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 32% for Indonesia, 35% for Bangladesh and Serbia, and 36% for Cambodia and Thailand.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
7 July 2025
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And if that timeliness doesn't impress you, maybe Cap wrecking a bunch of heavies in an elevator will.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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As is tradition, Bungie threw in a bunch of weird lore stuff that has puzzles that need solving, but often some fun stories as well.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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In Georgia, for example, the Georgia State Afterschool Network used its long-standing relationships with community organizations to efficiently distribute grant funds and provide technical support for data collection and analysis and high-quality programming.—
Linda Darling-Hammond,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Of course, the sort of collection that attracts scholarly attention tends toward the rare and precious rather than Izod alligators.—
Libby Buck
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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Fittingly for a series whose leading man is in a band, many of them revolve around music.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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Earlier this year, McCartney announced Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, a new 528-page book chronicling the formation and adventures of his 1970s band Wings after the Beatles ended.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
10 July 2025
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“Grouping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grouping. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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