- present participle of group.
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It wouldn’t be the first grouping to quietly disappear.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
You see this throughout the UPF literature, with many studies grouping foods differently based largely on the opinions of the researchers involved.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
SpaceX isn’t the only mega-cap stock that has made the Magnificent Seven grouping a little redundant.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
“House reality is having another moment again,” said Fox TV President Michael Thorn, referring to the concept of grouping contestants under one roof for the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
I examined the grouping carefully and realized, with a startled laugh, that I recognized the golden-haired man.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
In this ruling, the court's justices divided into familiar groupings.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Critics of the change say this risks flattening meaningful distinctions between religious identities, particularly for service members whose beliefs do not fall neatly into major denominational groupings.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
The implications are alarming, since there currently are four industry groupings within the S&P 1,500 index that have trailing two-year alphas of at least 100 percentage points.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
Ultimately, the company believes that after it gets through this transition, the new age groupings will increase social activity.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
But the difficulties that linguists have in agreeing on groupings of Native American languages reflect the difficulties that complex Native American societies themselves faced in expanding within the New World.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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