as in agglutination
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as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots
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Noun
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If the patient is already infected with Proteus, then the same agglutination will occur when the Weil-Felix test is administered, and the patient will naturally test positive.—
Rebecca Kreston,
Discover Magazine,
31 May 2016 -
Some of these agglutinations have a satisfying outlandishness about them: That smooching pair, for example, are wearing huge masks from the Bamana people of West Africa on their heads.—
JASON FARAGO,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2017
Verb
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But the $12 billion decline in his fortune has more to do with asset shuffling than stock price movement.—
Julie Goldenberg,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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James has been shuffling back and forth between the NBA and the G League.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Inclusion encourages social cohesion, enhances well-being and contributes to long-term economic and societal growth.—
Pablo Listingart,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Northwestern has counted on Taylor to provide leadership on and off the field for a team that is 12-2 entering Thursday’s game and is beginning to find a next level of cohesion heading into the postseason.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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After easily stopping Thanos and Nam-gyu from curb-stomping Ming-gyu at lunch, In-ho earns a lot of people’s respect.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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In a similar vein, Malloy’s musical score is almost anonymously eclectic — wistful ballads, stomping pop, a smattering of EDM — but threaded through with enough strains of Russian folk and klezmer to suggest a sense of place.—
Houman Barekat,
New York Times,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This includes collaborative problem-solving, social bonding, mentoring, and creative exploration.—
Ryan Anderson,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Contagious yawning, common in humans and other social animals, is thought to be linked to social bonding, empathy, and group coordination—but the evolutionary driver behind contagious peeing remains unclear.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Clumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumping. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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