clump
Example Sentences
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"The required plasma clump is consistent with CMEs launched by the Sun and other stars in the Milky Way."
From Science Daily
The first thing I do is go around behind the back of the motel, where there’s a stretch of old pavement with clumps of grass and flowers growing through the cracks.
From Literature
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There is hardly any shade on this road, just field after field of tall, dry grass growing in clumps.
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They avoided other clumps of blackened trees just in case they stumbled into more holes, but each time Owen saw a burned-out denning site, he felt a pang of sadness.
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"Dark matter forms relatively diffuse clumps which are still much denser than the average density of the universe," says Gurian, a Perimeter postdoctoral fellow and co-author of the study.
From Science Daily
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