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clumps 1 of 2

noun

plural of clump

as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit scattered clumps of houses were visible from the air

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as in chunks

a small uneven mass a clump of dirt

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verb

present tense third-person singular of clump

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots

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Noun

Now the players were clumps of broken petals on grass. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026 Remove sticks, rocks, clumps, and other debris from the soil that can impede growth. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 June 2026 Mature clumps can be propagated by division in spring. — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2026 Otherwise, the excess moisture will cause the blueberries to freeze into clumps. — Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026 McCary also points out that shorter grass clippings are also less likely to form large or heavy clumps that might smother patches of lawn. — Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 21 June 2026 Protostars are born when patches in vast molecular clouds cool and form clumps, collapsing under their gravity. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026 The model of shuffling that the new result depends on, like Bayer and Diaconis’ before it, still assumes that the cards riffle down one by one, rather than in clumps. — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2026 The land where the Lincoln Memorial sits used to be mudflats and wetlands, but now its Reflecting Pool became home to a historically large algae bloom filled with jagged clumps of blue industrial paint. — Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 24 June 2026

Verb

The alum then clumps the smaller, suspended fats together for easy removal. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025 Cocoa powder often clumps in its container. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025 However, sometimes the abnormal IgA (the antibody that clumps up and causes problems) does run in families. — Brandi Jones, Health, 15 Jan. 2026 Young stars form within collapsing clouds of gas and dust, which flatten into broad protoplanetary disks where material gradually clumps into larger bodies. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025 Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. — Allison Deangelis, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Stake your cherry tomatoes early to avoid damaging stems or fruits and ensure proper support for heavy clusters.

— Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026
Investigations to identify potential clusters and sources of illness are ongoing.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

Definition of clusters

Noun

On their way in, crews had to clear debris from multiple floors; aside from chunks of concrete, masonry and flooring, obstacles included a bathroom sink and toilet that had tumbled down from above.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Trump gleefully tearing up large chunks of the White House and my hometown, trying to install a solipsistic arch, an exclusive golf course, a gargantuan ballroom and a garden of heroes — all to his Versailles-on-acid specifications.

— Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

Definition of chunks

Verb

As though on cue, Wardrobe — my beloved, and giant, closet — shuffles over from the corner of my room, the mahogany wood groaning with the effort.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
As the entire Qatar back line shuffles closer to the goal, Jonathan David drops off towards the penalty spot to receive the cross in space and shoot first time.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 24 June 2026

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So far, the Pentagon has released three batches of files ranging from decades-old FBI reports to more recent military videos showing orbs darting or soaring through the sky.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Demo Brewing Company Malt Row’s most compact brewery, Demo, makes small craft batches, so their tap list is constantly evolving.

— Midwest Living, Midwest Living, 1 July 2026

Definition of batches

Noun

Photos apparently taken by the men themselves show wads of cash on the seat of a car, in a plastic bag and in stacks on the floor of a location in New York.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 1 July 2026
The alpha heroes of 1980s romances—ranch owners, corporate raiders, anyone played by Michael Douglas—tended to be emotionally constipated anti-feminists intent on dominating the opposite sex by using testosterone and wads of cash.

— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

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If anything, the dichotomy between the pop star who prances around Versailles in a sheer nightie and the pop star who stomps onstage in knee-high combat boots feels completely authentic and intentional.

— Chelsey Sanchez, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
Suddenly, the trees part and a Tyrannosaurus rex stomps into view.

— RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 11 June 2026

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Samsung 75-Inch Class M80H Series 4K Smart TV The Samsung 75M80H completely transforms high-speed media tracking by combining dense mini-LED backlighting arrays with an NQ4 AI Gen2 processor holding 20 neural networks.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
Observers on the ground have also noticed what appear to be solar arrays extending from Shenlong, based on analysis of telescope imagery.

— Brett Tingley, Space.com, 23 June 2026

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