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as in rank
a series of people or things arranged side by side
stood in a row to have their picture taken three rows of eight jelly beans equals 24 jelly beans
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as in street
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
drive up Market Row and turn left
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as in brawl
a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people
a county fair that had a long history of bloody rows
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as in commotion
a state of noisy, confused activity
the combination of drums and shouting contributed to the awful row
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as in quarrel
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
he had a row with his girlfriend yesterday, and now they aren't speaking
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as in to bicker
to express different opinions about something often angrily
the couple rows all the time, and yet they seem happy together
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Recent Examples of row
New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2026
Additionally, shares have had three amazing years in a row, jumping 36% in both 2025 and 2024, and 41% in 2023.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
Kerry Michaels, The Spruce, 21 Jan. 2026
President Emeritus at Orange Coast College, Grant is in a class by himself, having sailed or rowed enough times to have circumvented the world more than once.
—Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
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Noun
That strategy guides Vanlab's work inside the tiny 470-cm-long (185-in) Kia PV5 Passenger van, where the company creates a vis-a-vis bench lounge behind the van's second row of seating.
—New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2026
Additionally, shares have had three amazing years in a row, jumping 36% in both 2025 and 2024, and 41% in 2023.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
Root vegetables, like radishes and beets, and row crops, like beans and corn, simply don’t transplant well.
—Kerry Michaels, The Spruce, 21 Jan. 2026
President Emeritus at Orange Coast College, Grant is in a class by himself, having sailed or rowed enough times to have circumvented the world more than once.
—Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Row.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/row. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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