clutter
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And it’s not by accident that coastal habitats are aggressively protected and most of the shoreline is free of mega resorts and architectural clutter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Classical music CDs and cassette tapes that Monson de Kansky records for ballet class clutter her shelves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Once the dry clutter is gone, what remains tends to sort itself into a few familiar categories:
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
It should look calm, refined and elegant, with a soft neutral palette, large typography, no clutter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
I turned aside and looked at the clutter of household objects which the two men continued to pile on the walk.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Retrotransposons, or retroelements, are pieces of DNA that, when transcribed to RNA, code for enzymes that copy RNA back into DNA in the genome -- a self-serving cycle that clutters the genome with retrotransposon DNA.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
A jumble of rectangular timber pieces the size of railroad ties clutters the hillside below, evidence of their morning’s work.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 26, 2023
Now, “it just clutters up my house,” Barkley told “The Dan LeBatard Show” last week.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2020
The debris, much of it hazardous, clutters trails, parks and waterways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2018
Booth checks to make sure that nothing clutters the passage.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
"The weather is not good," Aminat Jimoh told AFP as he fried tofu by a cluttered roadside.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
We all accumulate stuff over the years that can make our homes feel cluttered.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Merchandise piled up in stores, leaving them cluttered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
“We really tried to just make something real,” Butler said during an interview in the small, cluttered green room at Amoeba Music before he joined the cast of the show for a brief in-store performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
It took both Ruth and me, working together, to get it out of the narrow opening of the cluttered storage shed.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
“White tents. Green grass. Blue skies. The mountains. There’s not many things cluttering it up.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
You don’t have to worry about cluttering your living space with titles you’ve read once and may never read again.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2026
In our experience, seamless connecting and no cables cluttering the center console are reasons enough to insist on wireless smartphone interfacing.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
Other steps include avoiding cluttering around beds, or checking second hand furniture before taking it indoors.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023
He could hear the squirrels cluttering and rustling above him, safe among their leaves, but they knew better than to come down to where his brother and he were prowling.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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