- present participle of group.
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Grouping meat with flights, cruises and petrol and diesel cars reframes it from a purely private dietary choice to a climate issue.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
Grouping homes and buildings around public squares was a unique part of Savannah’s original town plan when British settlers founded Georgia as their 13th North American colony.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
"Troops from the Russian component of the Regional Grouping of Forces will start arriving in Belarus in the next few days," the Minsk defence ministry said.
From Reuters • Oct. 14, 2022
Grouping museums together helps reduce the disturbance to the surrounding community, experts say.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2018
All work on the Hyperatomic Drive through all the space volume occupied by the Stations of the Twenty-Seventh Asteroidal Grouping came to a halt.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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