lumped

verb

past tense of lump
1
as in assembled
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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2
as in shuffled
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 lumped To be sure, the question asking voters to name their top concerns lists several economy- and cost-related topics separately, subdividing an issue that might otherwise rank higher if lumped into a single category. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 My last book was about a beach town, so I got lumped in with the beach read group. — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 As former chair of the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, Villavicencio helped pass legislation to disaggregate public health data for diverse AAPI groups that were otherwise lumped into a few major categories. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Barca’s debt figure is often exaggerated in some circles, with the club’s total liabilities lumped together in a manner not seen elsewhere. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Alcohol, nicotine and caffeine are psychoactive chemicals that can cause varying degrees of problems, but they were never lumped together with heroin. — Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026 The collective term lumped these women together, robbing them of individuality, and reducing them to merely decorative fixtures of Premier-league broadcasts while erasing their individual accomplishments. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 All players from all eras not currently in the Hall of Fame will all be lumped into one category for nomination. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 The user journey Oestlien didn’t want YouTube’s service to be lumped in with existing cable and satellite bundles. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumped
  1. assembled
  2. shuffled
  3. collected
  4. stomped
  5. gathered
  6. stumbled
  7. grouped
  8. corralled
Verb
  • Texas ran for 212 yards, and it all but put the game away on the ground until Ole Miss assembled an evening-ending combination of plays that led to a Hail Mary attempt to potentially win it.
    — Mac Engel October 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
  • After a week of respecting the sanctity of spoilers, our critics have assembled to discuss the movie in detail.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembled
Verb
  • Because Luke’s Diner was essentially a wooden frame without insulation—and the cast and crew constantly shuffled in and out the door—the December and January shoots on the backlot could be brutal.
    — Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Offensive line shuffled up Dykes said in earlier in the week that TCU looked at everything throughout the program during the 2-3 start and would make the necessary adjustments to try and turn things around.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of shuffled
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  • Engineers use the physical measurements collected during core heating to test the accuracy of their mathematical reactor models.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The total revenue collected was $168,294 but the cost to the district was $731,323.
    — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of collected
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  • McColley pushed Parente out onto the street and stomped his boot in the victim’s face five times, crushing Parente’s head into the pavement before fleecing his pockets and fleeing, according to the criminal complaint.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Letter writers recalled how Paden saved his father’s life when a cow nearly stomped him to death in a field, after the elder Paden came between the cow and her calf.
    — Glenn Rice, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of stomped
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  • Hundreds of people were gathered inside the warehouse of a steel-fabricating company in north Topeka in a state where Democrats haven't won a Senate race since 1932.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • More than a hundred people had gathered earlier in and around the church for a funeral procession.
    — Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • Russia stumbled in all three of its Phobos attempts as well as many other Mars endeavors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Munyon's Paw-Paw, an alcoholic beverage dating to the early 1900s, has been resurrected by two longtime spirits industry veterans who stumbled upon its unusual history during a family outing.
    — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of stumbled
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  • Two popular names with deep ties to the Pittsburgh region will be grouped this week at the PGA Tour's event in Bermuda.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Peters grouped India, Indonesia and Colombia among markets where Netflix still has considerable room to add subscribers and plans to maintain accessible entry-level prices.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of grouped
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  • Emil Heineman floated a wrist shot from the blue line, and Eklund corralled the loose puck and buried it for his second goal of the season.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • But experts working with Gentle Giants warned that strategy might not work because of Outlaw's history of being corralled in the wild.
    — CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of corralled

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“Lumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumped. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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