1
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
Exports of new energy passenger vehicles — including battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids — surged more than 140% in March from a year ago to 363,000 units.
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Chan Ho-Him, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
Beyond the rather low efficiency of today’s solar panels in converting the power of the sun into electricity, the transformational potential of solar energy is presently held back by battery storage technology.
—Chelsea Haney
april 10, New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026
Are more e-ships powered by batteries on the horizon?
—Darian Woods, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
But there’s another way the engine can recharge the battery that happens when the driver’s foot is still flat on the throttle.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2026
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Chan Ho-Him, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
Beyond the rather low efficiency of today’s solar panels in converting the power of the sun into electricity, the transformational potential of solar energy is presently held back by battery storage technology.
—Chelsea Haney
april 10, New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026
Are more e-ships powered by batteries on the horizon?
—Darian Woods, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
But there’s another way the engine can recharge the battery that happens when the driver’s foot is still flat on the throttle.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battery
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Prosecutors say Kequn had been sourcing the ants from Mwangi, allegedly paying 60,000 Kenyan shillings ($463) for an initial batch of 600 ants, and 70,000 shillings ($540) for another batch of 700.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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At the time, chocolate was made in small batches, was expensive and not something everyone could afford to buy, ZIegler said.—
David P. Willis,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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There, Blanton says, corporate lobbyists paid between $25,000 and $100,000 for lawmakers' attention, and a pro-business group called One Main Street paid $25,000 for their hotel rooms.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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However, this group’s tactics resemble those of Contagious Interview more than Lazarus, says Nick Carlsen, a senior investigator specializing in North Korea at the blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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Over decades, Europe built up dense industrial clusters that link chemicals and manufacturing, but as final production increasingly moves abroad, the model has become harder to sustain.—
Marilen Martin,
Bloomberg,
15 Apr. 2026
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Native pitcher plants grow in clusters in the wetlands.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Only Every Brilliant Thing, the one-man show starring Daniel Radcliffe, with a $195 average ticket price, and Hamilton with an average ticket price of $219 and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child with Tom Felton $208 surpassed that grouping.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2026
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Or was everyone present sufficiently schooled in Vermeer’s symbolic array?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The comments from von der Leyen and Metsola are not surprising – Orbán has been a massive pain for the European Union for most of his 16 years in power, clashing with Brussels over an array of issues.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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To be considered eligible for induction, the artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination.—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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But for us Xennials and millennials in the crowd who remember the OG Warped Tour, the ska punk band’s set was a fun break from the more traditional Coachella fare.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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But different stages of life offer their own distinct waves of light for artists to shift into shapes, and an appreciation for build-ing off work by preceding writers can also be found in this year’s collection.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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According to the report, access to the site was restricted to a single gate — a measure intended to control revenue collection but which created a bottleneck.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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The reptile guys are all just a bunch of normal schmucks looking to go find snakes.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
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The squads have scrimmaged each other a bunch — and even have some connective tissue in Brandt Bronico, who is now with CLTFC but played for the Independence for a time — but never in a real setting like this one.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Battery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battery. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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