BUNCHING Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

bunching

verb

present participle of bunch

as in protruding

to extend outward beyond a usual point the dress bunches a bit at the waist

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as in crowding

to gather into a closely packed group the slow service caused the customers at the pick-up counter to bunch up

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Recent Examples of bunching The broken transmission of the Williams prevented it from being easily moved, so a full safety car was declared, bunching the pack up. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026 The Port of Shanghai has been working through the vessel bunching through mid-September. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026 The low-profile design fits smoothly under doors without bunching, while the anti-slip backing helps keep it in place. — Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2026 And via roomy leg openings, the jeans easily fit over most boots without bunching up around their shafts. — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026 If your bunching bed sheets have been a frequent thorn in your side, the Bozenu Bed Sheet Strap Set is well worth picking up for just $6. — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026 Immigration courts inside the Justice Department are drastically accelerating immigrants' hearings and bunching them together with the goal of issuing more deportation orders. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 26 May 2026 Too much bunching on the leaderboard. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 May 2026 In a 3-1 loss to the Giants, the Dodgers scored their only run by bunching four walks in one hitless inning. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

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Once fished to the brink of extinction globally, sand tiger sharks, that iconic aquarium shark with a jaw of protruding, jagged teeth that only a mother could love, have been increasing in the Boston Harbor over the last decade.

— Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026
The face is a glossy black plastic with the exterior lenses slightly protruding, keeping the front from looking like a single flat surface.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

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Staff and faculty question whether expansion serves low-income communities, while nurses describe severe emergency-room crowding.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Wait for the rows in front of you to get up and head to the exit, rather than scrambling to snatch your items from the overhead bins and just crowding the aisle.

— Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

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My physical study, on the floor, poking at what was there in the open field of the air, led to newfound levels of learning to process, in poems on the page, where my initial feelings of hunger came from.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
In a recent interview with OutKick Dropkick, Hefner was already poking the bear in hopes of getting eyes on his event.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of poking

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As for Canada, International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu spent his time huddling with other counterparts, since a different official is spearheading negotiations with Greer amid the countries’ escalating trade war.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Saturday brought periods of rain, smaller crowds and people huddling beneath umbrellas while performers and vendors pushed ahead.

— J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026

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Earlier in the week, the team said the 23-year-old NFL player had been dealing with a bulging disc in his back.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The fear of effeminization has never felt so acute, which presumably is why Matt Damon’s Odysseus needed bulging muscles, to ensure his sensitivity was mitigated by pecs of steel.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of bulging

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