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Recent Examples of agglutinate
There is also a peculiar effect whereby different books read by the same narrator can seem to agglutinate into a single mongrel super-book.
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Paul Grimstad, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2023
The blood sample will visibly clump or agglutinate due to the effects of the existing antibodies on the new bacteria, and the patient is thus diagnosed with R. proawazekii.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2016
Paul Grimstad, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2023
The blood sample will visibly clump or agglutinate due to the effects of the existing antibodies on the new bacteria, and the patient is thus diagnosed with R. proawazekii.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agglutinate
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Per Pillinger’s legal filing, Jane Doe spent time at a facility for mental health before lumping Hov into the Diddy lawsuit at the order of Buzbee.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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But consumers who have real money to spend are lumped into this single category.—
Tim Wragg,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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View 1 Images Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid, which lead to Alzheimer's disease.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2025
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A couple of passes allow Fernandes to get forward as Maguire retreats, but his options are limited by the positioning of United’s attackers, who are clumped up together.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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As on land, any monetary winnings in casinos at sea are ultimately up to chance (though points will accumulate based on their set earnings rates regardless).—
Nathan Diller,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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This is more common in people with obesity and happens when fat accumulates in the liver.—
Lisa Rapaport,
EverydayHealth.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Lev noted that, in the 1960s, conglomerated companies were trending in strategy circles because of economies of scale and the risk mitigation of being in multiple industries, where if one area is struggling due to external factors, the company's risk is spread out across a few different sectors.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Nvidia’s value chain extends to South Korea, namely, memory chip maker SK Hynix and conglomerate Samsung Electronics.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2024
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“Agglutinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agglutinate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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