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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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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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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
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
The property has nearly completed a $120 million renovation, including a refresh of the lobby and rooms, and a remodeling of the wellness facility, which offers a wide array of treatments.
—Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026
Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Take note of the blunt, upright front end, wide lower intake spanning the front end, and large radar sensor array front and center.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 21 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The 50+1 rule, mandating that majority ownership remains with supporters, discourages the kind of investment that has flooded into the Premier League, bringing with it an array of stars.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
The property has nearly completed a $120 million renovation, including a refresh of the lobby and rooms, and a remodeling of the wellness facility, which offers a wide array of treatments.
—Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026
Verb
However, new constellations like Amazon Leo and AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird satellite arrays only deepen the problem.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Take note of the blunt, upright front end, wide lower intake spanning the front end, and large radar sensor array front and center.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for array
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Much like snowballs are composed of clusters of snowflakes, planetesimals likely arose within the disks of dust that encircled the newborn sun from clouds of pebble-sized objects pulled together by their mutual gravitational attraction.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Small clusters of plants added strategically in front of a boxwood hedge can also soften its effect.—
Kelley Bruss,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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However, the same team, using a very similar technique and looking in the same region of space (near the constellation of Perseus), then found a second grouping of four globular clusters, again in a very tight region of space.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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The grouping of McCollum, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dyson Daniels, Jalen Johnson and Onyeka Okongwu ranks in the 94th percentile in on/off numbers, according to Cleaning the Glass.—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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With springtime nearing, the promise of draping yourself in breezier attire is becoming more enticing — especially after such a long, cold winter.—
Rudolf Obias,
Footwear News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Defense attorneys took issue with law enforcement's description of the group's attire that night.—
Kelsy Mittauer,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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When Whisenhunt returned for his second inning of work, the 25-year-old had a sequence to scrap from memory.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Power and grace in every step sequence and triple-lutz, triple-loop combination.—
Katie Gunderman,
SELF,
26 Feb. 2026
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Ukrainian forces have in recent months pushed Russia's army back at points along the roughly 750-mile front line in eastern areas of the country, according to the Institute for the Study of War.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
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The filmmaker depicts the takeover of the Donbass region by Russian-speaking militias who entered into conflict with the Ukrainian army.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
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Those myths were conveyed through performance, sung in the great halls of the elite, recited at festivals all across the ancient world, staged at the theatre to large audiences, and displayed on wall paintings, mosaics, vases, and sculptures that adorned both sacred sanctuaries and city-states.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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Now the studio is adorned with custom artwork of his logo and a bookshelf’s worth of novelty mugs.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
27 Feb. 2026
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According to the indictment, a group of people clad in black and wearing masks, some carrying firearms and wearing body armor, shot fireworks toward the center and vandalized vehicles and a guard shed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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The frames are wood on the interior and clad with vinyl or aluminum on the exterior side, giving you the best of both worlds.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Labor Department published a rule Friday that would undo egregious attempts during the last administration to classify more workers as employees rather than independent contractors.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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The funky-looking vehicle might be classified as the world’s most interesting, powerful, fastest, and quickest golf cart.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Array.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/array. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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