1
as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
an array of baseball gloves in the corner of his room
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2
as in grouping
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a motley array of travelers waiting for the bus
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3
as in attire
dressy clothing
dressed in festive array for the city's annual New Year's Eve celebration
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as in sequence
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 to adorn
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 to clothe
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 to classify
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 array
Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Horizons introduces audiences to a diverse array of both human characters and new Pocket Monsters, especially critters from the colorful Paldea Region (and the game franchise's ninth generation).
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
This flexibility opens the door to upgrading reservoirs that already host floating solar arrays.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Switching gears to summer, easy pieces from swimwear to shirtdresses came in an array of color bursts, and played with prints.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Horizons introduces audiences to a diverse array of both human characters and new Pocket Monsters, especially critters from the colorful Paldea Region (and the game franchise's ninth generation).
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
With tables arrayed along a leafy, burbling stretch of water, Cress on Oak Creek at L’Auberge de Sedona feels like a tiny uptown forest hideaway that serves lovely soup, salads and sandwiches for lunch.
—New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
This flexibility opens the door to upgrading reservoirs that already host floating solar arrays.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for array
Noun
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In most cases, the moon's passage across the star cluster will take about two hours.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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The final cluster is comprised of companies that are just beginning the mapping process, inquiring about the necessary data points but hesitant to fully commit, Mohan said.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Practice your toddler's grouping and gluing skills in this candy corn craft from Thriving Home.—
Ellen Sturm Niz,
Parents,
6 Oct. 2025
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Heart disease is a grouping of conditions that affect the blood vessels, arteries, or heart, and can range from more moderate to severe.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The veteran safety, one of only two first-string defensive backs to start and finish the game Sunday, sat alone in his locker still draped in nearly all his game attire, minus the jersey and shoulder pads.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Unlike the plaid shirts of the ‘90s, this season’s fashion week runways have elevated tartan to blazers, skirts, cocktail attire, and evening wear.—
Clare Holden,
Glamour,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Julian got the sequence started.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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The white bare trees evoke the antlers featured in the background of this sequence from 1952's Lovely to Look At, which Duquette designed specially with Vincente Minnelli (who directed only this scene in the Mervyn LeRoy film).—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
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The clip also gives fans a first look at an army being formed by Vilgefortz (Mahesh Jadu), while the rest of the trailer offers a glimpse of an all-out war — with Geralt wielding his sword, chopping off hands and dropping f-bombs in the process.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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The trailer shows Hemsworth’s Geralt assembling an army of adventurers to track down his former Witcher apprentice Ciri (Freya Allan).—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There was Tracy Rocker, who won the Outland Trophy as an Auburn defensive lineman and was a Georgia assistant from 2014-16, taking his team into Jordan-Hare even when a mural of him adorned that very stadium.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Because the bookshelves were adorned with busts of the early Roman emperors, individual volumes were identified by the emperor whose bust stood above them (Julius Caesar was treated as the first emperor and two female figures, Cleopatra and the empress Faustina, were also included).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Dillane, clothed in an Adidas track suit, smokes a cigarette.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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In the months that followed, the brewery has become a place where guests clad in blue and orange jerseys go to celebrate a Detroit Lions or Tigers game over creamy Honey Oat Stouts.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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What Happens Next FDA inspectors will classify the recall one of three hazard levels, from the lowest risk, Class III, to the highest, Class I.—
News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Dividing her time between London and Los Angeles, Porras-Kim has historically examined the methods institutions use to classify, conserve, and interpret items in their collections, focusing on objects and forms of knowledge that have been separated from their original contexts.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 Oct. 2025
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