clutter
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Sandy Ginther uses a 3-D printer to make custom fixtures that keep clutter at bay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
"Well, all clutter does is look back at us - doesn't it?"
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
To hide the industrial fixtures, they piled towels, linens and bedding to the ceiling, giving rise to the clutter that became a hallmark of the chain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Dad shuffled his feet in a clutter of Martian pebbles and agreed.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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Moreover, could it actually be a good thing that the 5th Circuit clutters SCOTUS’ docket with so many obviously wrong decisions?
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2026
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
But how many more battles and wars, how much more history clutters our minds today than ever occupied theirs.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
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
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
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Just compare the girls’ cluttered digs with their pursuers’ sterile white suits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
"The weather is not good," Aminat Jimoh told AFP as he fried tofu by a cluttered roadside.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
Another insider says the changes make sense because the "landscape is cluttered", with too many different national-level initiatives trying to tackle different kinds of problems.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
“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
Aunt Melissa’s bedroom is super cluttered but also kind of cute, with ceramic figurines and knit tapestries covering every inch of the sun-soaked room.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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I asked Carter what she thinks are the four most common cluttering mistakes - and how you can fix them.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
“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
Markham took the news quite casually when I walked into his office and told him that he might acquire a model student who would never bother him by cluttering up his lab with experimental apparatus.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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