- present participle of group.
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Washington has pledged to return the grouping to its goal of driving economic growth, arguing that security and economic prosperity are "inextricably linked."
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Brazil is an active member of the Brics - a grouping that unites Brazil with Russia, India, China and South Africa.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
For this humble fishing village in Yemen, a tumbledown grouping of barely-there huts nestled between the water and an imposing mountain range, stands sentinel over one of the world’s most vital waterways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The average starting specialist—a positional grouping comprising mostly kickers and punters—in a Power Four conference is making $225,000 this season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Instead people spread themselves through estuaries, sometimes grouping into neighborhoods, sometimes with each family on its own, its maize ground proudly separate.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
The results from the Central Elections Committee also cemented the emergence as potential kingmakers of the Arab party groupings Raam and the Joint List, with the two winning a combined 19 seats.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
But overall, the three groupings help to tell the tale of the market, they say.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
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
“I’ve given careful thought to these groupings, so they are final.”
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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