cluttering

Definition of clutteringnext
present participle of clutter
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Verb
  • Only an immense draft package could even create a degree of sway, and even then, would have to be accompanied by expiring, non-cap-clogging contracts.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Far from the chaotic convoys of vehicles clogging up roads around Central Seronera, game drives here can be done in peace.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Sullivan tried this against Toronto, jumbling the top-six group in the second period.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Trump also was jumbling the timeline of jobs revisions last year, per Politifact.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • It’s expected that the Chargers will shift Slaughter to left guard, filling one of their most pressing needs on the second day of the three-day draft.
    Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • His music has spanned genres and mediums, with the composer filling various roles, but its through line is its sense of the uncanny and Lopatin’s understanding of how warping sonic textures can tap into surreality.
    Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict.
    Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Treasury has issued sanctions on more than 1,000 targets since 2025 under the current maximum pressure campaign, the official said, aimed at disrupting Iran’s oil trade and financial networks.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Accessing federal funds creates the opportunity for safety and modernization without burdening local taxpayers, according to Friedman.
    Sierra van der Brug, Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • There is room for reasonable discussion about how to implement verification without burdening eligible voters.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Ken Holland, general manager, B Holland arrived on the scene of a muddling franchise that had lost four straight first-round series to the same opponent.
    Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The new estimate was based on accounting for some of those muddling data points.
    Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The extra fees are becoming so high not because ships are piling up at the canal, but rather because of last-minute shifts and greater urgency for vessels to pass through in the wake of broader trade chaos, Vásquez said.
    Alma Solís, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Bullpen injuries continue piling up.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • There was major line shuffling overall by Cooper on this night, not just Kucherov, but tweaks to three lines, which ended up looking a little different than what was shown in pregame warmup.
    Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • YoshimiO, sharing fellow ’90s icon Flea’s recent interest in the instrument, turns in a credible trumpet line during the track’s shuffling, exuberant second half.
    Reed Jackson, SPIN, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Cluttering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluttering. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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