clustered
Americanadjective
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Clustered barnacle-like at the end of a glorious arc of sand, Beadnell, along with the neighbouring villages of Bamburgh and Seahouses, has long been a magnet for those seeking refuge from the madding crowd.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
CRISPR, short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, is the foundation of modern gene-editing technology.
From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026
Clustered in a dank, darkened corridor offstage, members of the chorus drew themselves up, preparing to burst into song.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024
In the 1980s, microbiologists discovered puzzling stretches of DNA in bacteria, later called Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2022
Clustered around this lady were six men, wearing tunics with padded chests, their puffed sleeves lengthened to cover half their hands.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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