clustered

verb

past tense of cluster
1
as in converged
to come together into one body or place the mice clustered together into a small burrow

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2
as in huddled
to gather into a closely packed group all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake

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Recent Examples of clustered The police do not record victims by race, but in a majority Black country with violence clustered in the townships, the map tells you who is dying. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The graves of Emma Joyce and her sister and brothers are clustered near one another at Peaceful Valley Cemetery, a hilltop graveyard that belongs to the Followers of Christ, a faith-healing sect with at least four churches in Idaho. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2026 Elderly couples surrounded us in somber ceremony, each of them in seats clustered close to one another, some holding hands, their fingers dusted in crumb cake. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 Smoky gray crystals are clustered along the ends of each nail, creating a glitzy take on the classic French manicure with a bit more edge. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026 Consider the needs of NASA's Apollo program — where landing sites were clustered toward the equator on the moon's near side —compared to the current Artemis program, which intends to focus initiatives at the lunar south pole. — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Another room over, regulars sat clustered around a long bench under a wall-sized sunset mural, while sports fan pennants decorate the rustic interior. — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026 These, too, clustered within the same tempo range, with a peak around 180 beats per minute. — Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026 The ads are clustered in states with competitive races, like Wisconsin and Michigan. — Maham Javaid, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clustered
  1. converged
  2. huddled
  3. gathered
  4. crowded
  5. assembled
  6. piled
  7. met
  8. rendezvoused
Verb
  • Music, sports and sneaker culture converged in the street style, showcasing many of the influences that have shaped ComplexCon since its launch.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Players converged and the officials ultimately assessed five technical fouls.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of converged
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  • Photos shared on social media showed dozens of construction workers huddled together.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The hockey star stayed down on the ice for a few moments as teammates huddled around him, and Faber eventually stood up and skated off the ice on his own.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of huddled
Verb
  • More than 1,000 people were gathered as more than 50 shots were fired in at least two locations about a block apart in Vienna, Georgia, according to Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Deryck gathered up the platinum blonde lengths and rolled them into two equal portions on either side of Megan's head, pinning and sculpting them to resemble the pointed shape of a cat ear.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of gathered
Verb
  • Imperceptibly, Jupiter crowded along, nearer and nearer to the big light of the night.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Those around her unzip their tents after a night of little sleep on a square normally crowded with tourists.
    — Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of crowded
Verb
  • Roberts collaborated with renowned flute player Katisse Buckingham, who played jazz flute and Tim Loo, who assembled a group of musicians.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The company describes it as one of the largest datasets of intracortical neural activity assembled to date.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembled
Verb
  • With the throne disengaged from governance, petitions and reports from officials piled up unread, crucial state posts went unfilled, and the imperial bureaucracy splintered amid poisonous factional infighting.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Richland lost a 45-42 heartbreaker to Highland Park at Birdville FA/AC after UCLA commit Jayshon Gibson — who piled up 273 rushing yards and five total touchdowns — left the game with cramps late in the fourth quarter.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of piled
Verb
  • Russian media also reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin observed the drills at the Chebarkul Training Ground on Friday and met foreign military attaches.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Most Read Reviews Appropriately enough for two musicians working at the cutting edge of this underground, Bowery Electric’s Martha Schwendener and Lawrence Chandler met while working at pre-fab master Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of met
Verb
  • According to Treasury, fishing vessels secretly rendezvoused at sea with smaller go-fast boats carrying cocaine north through the eastern Pacific.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Hayabusa2 launched in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the asteroid Ryugu four years later.
    — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 June 2026
Definition of rendezvoused

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“Clustered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clustered. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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