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as in clusters
a number of things considered as a unit
an array of baseball gloves in the corner of his room
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as in groups
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a motley array of travelers waiting for the bus
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as in sequences
the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another
a marching band's carefully choreographed array
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as in armies
a large body of men and women organized for land warfare
feudal lords depended upon their array for defense
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as in decorates
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath
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as in clothes
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations
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as in arranges
to put into a particular arrangement
arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value
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Recent Examples of arrays
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
The team worked with four participants, each almost completely paralyzed, who had micro electrode arrays implanted in slightly different areas of the motor cortex.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Aug. 2025
Previous attempts to develop flat-panel laser displays have required complicated laser arrays or low-throughput fabrication methods, greatly limiting their performance and scalability, the researchers say.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2025
Redwire’s Archinaut program, developed under a NASA initiative, demonstrated the ability to autonomously 3D print and assemble large structures such as solar arrays and trusses in space.
—Shelli Brunswick, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
While Long was not involved in this study, her research group is collecting new seismic data from arrays of seismometers in the region to capture more detailed images of the rock blob.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
Of all its technological arrays, CAPERS allows the telescope to observe the outermost edges of space currently possible.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025
The radar uses two pairs of slender antennas mounted on Europa Clipper's massive solar arrays to transmit and receive signals.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
This flexibility opens the door to upgrading reservoirs that already host floating solar arrays.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Scientists have created cyborg embryos by implanting electrode arrays into the developing brains of frogs, mice, and salamanders.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2025
Since then, all sorts of improvements have been added, including high-resolution video cameras, sensor arrays, articulated manipulators, and haptic feedback.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 5 Feb. 2025
On Wednesday, the government announced plans to overhaul runway infrastructure that included extending safety zones and building localizers, the antenna arrays that help pilots land, with more flexible steel instead of concrete.
—Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Offer cost-effective alternatives to traditional all-flash arrays, appealing to cost-conscious enterprises without compromising performance.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
In order to keep up with the rest of the world — which has radio telescope arrays like ALMA, MeerKAT, and dishes that are even larger than Arecibo such as China’s FAST — a new facility is required.
—Big Think, 21 Jan. 2025
Sustainability is often an important feature in contemporary styles of houses, incorporating green elements like solar PV arrays, rainwater harvesting, and geothermal heating.
—Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
Future Antarctic and radio-neutrino arrays will decide if ANITA glimpsed a phantom or a frontier.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
The team worked with four participants, each almost completely paralyzed, who had micro electrode arrays implanted in slightly different areas of the motor cortex.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Aug. 2025
Previous attempts to develop flat-panel laser displays have required complicated laser arrays or low-throughput fabrication methods, greatly limiting their performance and scalability, the researchers say.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2025
Redwire’s Archinaut program, developed under a NASA initiative, demonstrated the ability to autonomously 3D print and assemble large structures such as solar arrays and trusses in space.
—Shelli Brunswick, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
While Long was not involved in this study, her research group is collecting new seismic data from arrays of seismometers in the region to capture more detailed images of the rock blob.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
Of all its technological arrays, CAPERS allows the telescope to observe the outermost edges of space currently possible.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025
The radar uses two pairs of slender antennas mounted on Europa Clipper's massive solar arrays to transmit and receive signals.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
When the spacecraft fly over radio-quiet antenna arrays, tuned to listen for the quietest radio waves coming from distant galaxies, the noise from the satellites' internal electronics obscures some of the precious observation frequencies even when Earth-facing internet beams are switched off.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
This flexibility opens the door to upgrading reservoirs that already host floating solar arrays.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Scientists have created cyborg embryos by implanting electrode arrays into the developing brains of frogs, mice, and salamanders.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2025
Since then, all sorts of improvements have been added, including high-resolution video cameras, sensor arrays, articulated manipulators, and haptic feedback.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 5 Feb. 2025
On Wednesday, the government announced plans to overhaul runway infrastructure that included extending safety zones and building localizers, the antenna arrays that help pilots land, with more flexible steel instead of concrete.
—Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Offer cost-effective alternatives to traditional all-flash arrays, appealing to cost-conscious enterprises without compromising performance.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
In order to keep up with the rest of the world — which has radio telescope arrays like ALMA, MeerKAT, and dishes that are even larger than Arecibo such as China’s FAST — a new facility is required.
—Big Think, 21 Jan. 2025
Sustainability is often an important feature in contemporary styles of houses, incorporating green elements like solar PV arrays, rainwater harvesting, and geothermal heating.
—Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrays
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In addition to optimizing queries, Espresso routes queries between different compute clusters to maximize efficiency.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Yet, those clusters of information have more often led to more good decisions than bad, a lot of which is credited to the instincts of Begiristain.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Critics and rights groups argued that both the ban and the bill function as tools for censorship, threatening freedom of expression, press freedom and fundamental rights.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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Sofi was among the first groups of people recruited to work for Kings Berry Farm.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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But often, these efforts center on what needs to happen operationally—steps, sequences, handoffs.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The model’s efficiency is particularly notable when handling long sequences of data.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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In desperate need of shelf-stable foods to feed his armies, Napoléon Bonaparte offered a reward of 12,000 francs to anyone who could invent a new method of food preservation.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
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Bluesky, part of the decentralized internet, is slower paced and caters to niche interests, rewarding internecine fights over minutiae, whereas X is deliberately chaotic, encouraging the gathering of follower-armies and ideological insult-comedy for an audience that may be largely made up of bots.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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An abstract profile of her decorates the annual tournament poster.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Nearly every garish flight of fancy that decorates the frame is a distraction while the majority of the film does little more than rotely dramatize Kafka’s biography.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Chronological Border arranges the beds in chronological order from the 16th to the 20th century.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Latest section, on the other hand, arranges posts and reels in chronological order, with the most recent ones appearing first.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And Mendoza, who up until then had only brought over a few smaller batches of workers for other farmers, got to work on sourcing 300 of them for King.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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In the interim, Amazon's first Kuiper batches reached low orbit courtesy of the services of other commercial providers, such as United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket and — perhaps ironically, given Musk and Bezos' previous satellite feud — Space X's Falcon 9.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The layout, designed by architect Lek Bunnag, boasts groupings of villas and semi-private pools with a main central Moon Pool and bar located on the cliffside.—
Alissa Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Arrays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrays. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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