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as in collecting
to bring together in one body or place
when we lumped all of our pocket change together, we found that we had just enough a buy a carton of ice cream
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as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
while I was on crutches, I was lumping about the house like an elephant
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Recent Examples of lumping
The pillows are also resistant to shifting and lumping, so the filling will remain evenly balanced, providing a reliably cozy place to rest your head every night.
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Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Because often what happens is lumping together the perimenopausal experience doesn’t necessarily let someone tell their individualized story, which may different to other conditions.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 15 Oct. 2025
Some researchers argue that UPFs are too broad a category to be useful, lumping together yogurts and whole-grain breads with potato chips and candy.
—William Warr, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Dave Canales kept saying the Panthers had lost four turnovers, presumably lumping in Andrew Wingard’s would-be pick six with the turnover total.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Although the lack of roux means that red-eye gravy is ready in minutes with minimal stirring and no risk of lumping, some cooks cannot resist thickening their gravy with pinches of flour or cornmeal, or toning it down with a splash of cream.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
The proposal would split the council’s at-large positions into separate seats rather than lumping them together on the ballot.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Because often what happens is lumping together the perimenopausal experience doesn’t necessarily let someone tell their individualized story, which may different to other conditions.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 15 Oct. 2025
Some researchers argue that UPFs are too broad a category to be useful, lumping together yogurts and whole-grain breads with potato chips and candy.
—William Warr, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Dave Canales kept saying the Panthers had lost four turnovers, presumably lumping in Andrew Wingard’s would-be pick six with the turnover total.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Although the lack of roux means that red-eye gravy is ready in minutes with minimal stirring and no risk of lumping, some cooks cannot resist thickening their gravy with pinches of flour or cornmeal, or toning it down with a splash of cream.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
The proposal would split the council’s at-large positions into separate seats rather than lumping them together on the ballot.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumping
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The farmer, his son and grandson were still collecting mink, with more than a dozen live traps deployed and checked routinely, Hobbs said.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Facebook posts have been circulating about collecting donations for the affected seniors.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Card-reading contact lenses, X-ray poker tables, trays of poker chips that read cards, hacked shuffling machines that predict hands.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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Music reality series focused on assembling a group have been around for years.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
25 Oct. 2025
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Coaching the Crew The crew — including two backup crew members, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jenni Gibbons — have been just as busy as the people assembling their spacecraft.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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The sound of her stomping up the staircase causes her parents to share a look of weary consternation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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But only the faithful know everything about the Mushroom Kingdom’s shell-stomping messiah.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Oct. 2025
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Colvert, a 15-year-old from Pasadena, created the group to restore normalcy for teen girls affected by the devastating California wildfire, gathering beauty products, clothes and other personal supplies in a call that went viral.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The entries this year range from a photograph of a horseman at sunset in Turkey, spotted between large rocks that appeared to form a natural stage, to a bird's-eye view of thousands gathering at the Ganges River in India to celebrate the body of water as a source of life.—
NPR,
NPR,
27 Oct. 2025
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Footage of a father stumbling around, apparently carrying the headless body of his baby?—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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Remaining unclaimed playoff spots The final two playoff spots in the Western Conference are up for grabs, with FC Dallas, Real Salt Lake, the Colorado Rapids and San Jose Earthquakes all stumbling towards the finish line.—
Tom Bogert,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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For the annual Mansion in May show house, design firm Toledo Geller divided a long garden-level room with a pair of back-to-back sofas, grouping small card tables for tournaments on one side and a single pedestal table for cozier game nights on the other.—
Catherine Hong,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Oct. 2025
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Most of all, though, the receivers are often simply around each other, which is not always common for a position grouping in the NFL.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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As part of the women’s ministry at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, White has served for years as the group’s volunteer coordinator — corralling fellow church members and friends to give one hour a month to serving meals to the shelter’s residents.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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Handwoven from Lampakanay and rattan wicker with a soft gray-wash finish, the Charleston baskets are ideal for corralling blankets, magazines, pet toys, and slippers.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Lumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumping. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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