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as in clusters
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 groups
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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Recent Examples of groupings
Both artists are represented by landscapes, seascapes, portraits and family groupings.
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Robert Taylor, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
This included all four tight ends, with the Rams rolling out 12- and 13-personnel groupings with a lot of frequency against the Jaguars.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
The Broncos have had fewer play-clock issues the past couple of weeks, and Payton really believes different groupings, frequent substitutions and lots of different looks are a net positive.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The pair's influence generally seems to result in a style of hit that Swift has referred to as a glitter gel pen song, one of three metaphorical groupings of music that make up her discography.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Three-receiver sets are the norm for nearly every team on Seattle’s schedule, and Macdonald likes to match those 11 personnel groupings with his three best cover corners.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025
Robert Taylor, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
This included all four tight ends, with the Rams rolling out 12- and 13-personnel groupings with a lot of frequency against the Jaguars.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
The Broncos have had fewer play-clock issues the past couple of weeks, and Payton really believes different groupings, frequent substitutions and lots of different looks are a net positive.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The pair's influence generally seems to result in a style of hit that Swift has referred to as a glitter gel pen song, one of three metaphorical groupings of music that make up her discography.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Three-receiver sets are the norm for nearly every team on Seattle’s schedule, and Macdonald likes to match those 11 personnel groupings with his three best cover corners.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for groupings
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Five clusters of uniformed girls press together, arms uplifted, each holding up another girl who balances on one leg.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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More on why environmental groups are concerned.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Players, coaches, executives and ownership groups have come and gone, but the team remains despite a lengthy and emotional relocation saga that nearly resulted in a move to Seattle.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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If needed, brown the chicken in 2 batches.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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Samples from multiple batches of each of the 23 different products were analyzed to assess total protein, arsenic, cadmium, lead and other elements.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Oct. 2025
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Acclaimed author and historian Toni Tipton-Martin has written about how this was a common practice in old recipe collections.—
Adrian Miller,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Epiaceratherium itjilik fossil is permanently housed and curated in the Canadian Museum of Nature’s fossil collections.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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These gadgets include single or double kettlebell handles, an EZ curl bar, a straight bar, plus an optional pulley system and set of elastic resistance bands.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Oct. 2025
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On Monday morning, Jamaica felt tropical storm conditions as outer rain bands from Melissa swept over the island.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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While largely conceptual in nature, the ramifications could soon help boost advancements in telecommunications and satellite arrays.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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In both, a band of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is seen above Earth's horizon, with the space station's solar arrays and the Kibo exposed facility in the foreground.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Non-Orientable Nkansa, 2017, one of his earliest large-scale installations, announced his dedication to monumental assemblages that fixate on negligence and crumbling edifices.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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His artworks, which include paintings, sculptures, mixed-media assemblages, mosaics, photographs, and film, are full of mood and foreboding.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Barabasi Lab’s Nature 150, for instance, conveys the importance of intellectual influence by creating a galaxy-like network of scientific papers and allowing users to travel through its colorful constellations of nodes and links.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Oct. 2025
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As satellite constellations multiply, those fiery returns will become more frequent and the total ozone impact is likely greater than current estimates suggest.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Groupings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groupings. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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