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clutter

[kluht-er] / ˈklʌt ər /




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Otherwise you’ve just traded physical clutter for digital clutter.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Often this means employing a one-in, one-out rule, placing her in a near constant circle of life on Facebook Marketplace to avoid clutter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Last year, they stayed in "a very Scandinavian house" in suburban Copenhagen, which was "all on one level and had no clutter".

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Some people are just trying to reduce inbox clutter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Using the pointer like a gentleman’s walking cane, Mr. Larson picked his way through the clutter back to his desk.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements

Retrotransposons, or retroelements, are pieces of DNA that, when transcribed to RNA, code for enzymes that copy RNA back into DNA in the genome -- a self-serving cycle that clutters the genome with retrotransposon DNA.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

But how many more battles and wars, how much more history clutters our minds today than ever occupied theirs.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023

A jumble of rectangular timber pieces the size of railroad ties clutters the hillside below, evidence of their morning’s work.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 26, 2023

There is one, me and my buddies, but it gets used so infrequently, which I’m happy about because most of the stuff on it is just dumb and it clutters up my phone.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2018

Booth checks to make sure that nothing clutters the passage.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Still, there’s a kind of hip, comfort food aspect to the entire enterprise that keeps it an easy, if slightly cluttered and overlong watch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Every user I knew complained it was inconsistent, illogical, cluttered, had clunky navigation and ignored accessibility standards.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

She thinks iPods have become popular again because of their "beautiful design" and the way the music player is "the first bit of technology really catering to humans with a less cluttered user interface".

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

"The weather is not good," Aminat Jimoh told AFP as he fried tofu by a cluttered roadside.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

Yet the plot couldn’t be cluttered with too many settings and characters because the audience kept track without visual hints.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

I asked Carter what she thinks are the four most common cluttering mistakes - and how you can fix them.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

“White tents. Green grass. Blue skies. The mountains. There’s not many things cluttering it up.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

You don’t have to worry about cluttering your living space with titles you’ve read once and may never read again.

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2026

In our experience, seamless connecting and no cables cluttering the center console are reasons enough to insist on wireless smartphone interfacing.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025

Markham took the news quite casually when I walked into his office and told him that he might acquire a model student who would never bother him by cluttering up his lab with experimental apparatus.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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