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as in batch
a number of things considered as a unit
a battery of tests to determine the cause of the medical disorder
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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a battery of specialists worked on the problem until it was fixed
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Recent Examples of battery
Easily adaptable to current battery manufacturing, the technology paves the way for efficient mass production and rapid commercialization.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2025
The server, a capricious machine with a battery of hard drives, occupied a soundproof box in his home studio.
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Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2025
The rally came just one day after she was served with a misdemeanor battery and assault charge.
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Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
14 Mar. 2025
In addition to the federal offense, the passenger was charged with battery, willful obstruction of law enforcement officers and criminal damage to property, inmate records show.
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Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2025
The server, a capricious machine with a battery of hard drives, occupied a soundproof box in his home studio.
—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2025
The rally came just one day after she was served with a misdemeanor battery and assault charge.
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Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
14 Mar. 2025
In addition to the federal offense, the passenger was charged with battery, willful obstruction of law enforcement officers and criminal damage to property, inmate records show.
—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for battery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battery
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The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District announced Wednesday that a batch of mosquitoes collected Thursday, June 18, from a trap in Glenview tested positive for West Nile in the district's lab five days later.
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Today, now working with master distiller Hervé Grangeon, Vodkress remains a small-batch, craft spirit (only 7,000 liters are produced each year), available at select venues, such as the Surf Club in Miami and chef Bruno Verjus’s Parisian eatery, Table.
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Some groups have pushed the council to prioritize a cleaner energy source for Naperville’s future while others have argued that leaving IMEA will cost rate payers in the long run.
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Joe Prince-Wright shares his takeaways from France's defeat of Norway to wrap up the group stage and what to expect from each team in the knockout rounds.
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Potential profits have encouraged traffickers to ship massive amounts of illicit drugs to both countries, often across the Pacific Ocean from South America via the Pacific Islands, a loose cluster of thousands of islands and atolls.
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NielsenIQ data shows that Hispanic consumers tend to be driven by brand trust, family influence and cultural identity—in ways that never surface in behavioral clusters.
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
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The company leases the roof to a third-party solar company that operates and maintains the solar array.
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But an array of issues ultimately lost La Roja the three points – and more worryingly, point towards some potentially bad habits that could cost this team a chance of lifting its second World Cup.
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The rock band, which consists of Rick Mitarotonda, Trevor Weekz, Peter Anspach and Cotter Ellis, released a statement shortly after the incident, extending their condolences to the victim’s family and loved ones.
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Fish swim by alternate contractions of aerobic muscles that run the length of their bodies in a small red band just under their skin, while their large white anaerobic muscles are used only for brief bursts.
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According to reports for the recycLA program, a commercial and multifamily waste collection franchise program, only about half of households and business are separating their compostable waste.
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Those recommendations include developing stronger performance measures, improving data collection, tracking client outcomes more consistently and identifying which shelter programs are delivering the most effective results.
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At the end of the first half of this double episode, Elizabeth Gaines (Linda Purl), advisor to the Vice President, is shot by sniper Tom Walker (Chris Chalk), Brody's fellow POW—and the VP and a bunch of other important people are put in a bunker along with Brody, who plans to blow them all up.
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Her must-have product out of the bunch is this plumping and firming serum.
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“Battery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battery. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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