cluster
Frequently Asked Questions
- It’s right over there, near that cluster of bushes.
- I think we’ll find our answer by analyzing these data clusters.
- The people clustered around the stage to hear the speech.
Example Sentences
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Within around 10 years, 87 home‑grown brands had emerged from the industrial cluster.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
“These people here are trying to live the American dream,” he said, driving by a cluster of RVs in a fenced yard landscaped with young trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Researchers have now shown for the first time that a globular cluster stellar stream can be used to investigate dark matter in a galaxy beyond the Milky Way.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
The clouds decided to cluster above and surprise me midtrip, releasing the rain down hard as I finished the journey, weaving as strategically as possible to avoid getting splashed by the cars next to me.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
She stooped to hide under the shade of a cluster of huisache trees, looking almost translucent.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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That has been increased to 259, with the two new clusters bringing the total to 474.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Globular clusters are densely packed groups of stars held together by gravity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
That ability to keep functioning while transporting larger bacterial clusters points to possible future uses in microbiology, biomedical research, and precise manipulation of materials at the microscopic scale.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
Driving north from Melides toward the town of Comporta, through the western reaches of Portugal’s Alentejo region, I passed expansive rice fields, forests of umbrella pines and clusters of whitewashed homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
There was a high hedge of hazel on either side and you could see clusters of ripe brown nuts in their green jackets.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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Many are clustered around London and the south of England – areas which are officially in drought at the moment.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
A child lay beneath a blue sheet, hooked to a respirator, with a team of doctors and nurses clustered around the bed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The plans are clustered in the tech sector, and AI investment is “still the story.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
“What’s interesting about Snap is that the workforce was largely clustered on the Westside, and you could see almost immediate effects in Venice and Santa Monica within months of the IPO,” Habibi said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
But this road had a name, Overview Circle, and a bunch of mailboxes clustered at its beginning.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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It also underwent a store refresh program, changing products and is clustering locations to boost profit and customer traffic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The algorithm rates how alike two faces are, a higher percentage "clustering" means more facial resemblance.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Instead, each insect responds independently to environmental cues, yet they end up clustering in the same place at the same time.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026
Iranian ships are clustering near their country’s coastline while others are positioning themselves south of the strait, well out of the line of fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
At one of these ends there was an enormous camera on wheels, and a whole army of Oompa-Loompas was clustering around it, oiling its joints and adjusting its knobs and polishing its great glass lens.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
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