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as in adorned
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 clad
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 arranged
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 arrayed
New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Mare Crisium is visible as a dark oval to the upper right of the moon's surface, with Mare Tranquillitatis, Serenitatis and Fecunditatis arrayed beneath.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The forces arrayed against that happening are far too powerful.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Trump sat behind the Resolute Desk, the European leaders arrayed on the other side.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
Casitas arrayed around a small lake provide overnight accommodation.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The accompanying clip shows row upon row of flower arrangements arrayed on the floor after BID workers carefully removed them from the bridge and packed them in plastic bins.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
The students in grades K-5 sat around round tables arrayed with vials of liquids including lemon juice, vinegar, ammonia, rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
The barbecue tray, with its juicy meat, purple slaw, and heaps of potato salad arrayed on a butcher-paper background, turned out to be perfectly suited to Instagram.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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
Mare Crisium is visible as a dark oval to the upper right of the moon's surface, with Mare Tranquillitatis, Serenitatis and Fecunditatis arrayed beneath.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The forces arrayed against that happening are far too powerful.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Trump sat behind the Resolute Desk, the European leaders arrayed on the other side.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
Casitas arrayed around a small lake provide overnight accommodation.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The accompanying clip shows row upon row of flower arrangements arrayed on the floor after BID workers carefully removed them from the bridge and packed them in plastic bins.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
The students in grades K-5 sat around round tables arrayed with vials of liquids including lemon juice, vinegar, ammonia, rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
The barbecue tray, with its juicy meat, purple slaw, and heaps of potato salad arrayed on a butcher-paper background, turned out to be perfectly suited to Instagram.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrayed
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Mexican flags and candy adorned the Copley Plaza in front of The Old Globe on Saturday as a crowd joined dignitaries in celebrating the 215th Mexican Independence Day.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Hanging from these are chandelier-like devices adorned with five or six electrodes dangling into the water, all powered by a booming gas generator on the boat.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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These approvals would enable architects and developers to use SUPERWOOD as cladding on taller buildings.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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That’s good, but cladding a phone whose raison d’etre is gorgeous, slim design seems less than ideal.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
Verb
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The Microsoft Teams app on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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The three-petal footprint arranged in a Y-shape isn’t just for aesthetic purposes.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This training will be in water so come dressed to get wet.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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So, who is the best dressed player in the league?—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Anyhow, who cares about three rooms and two baths in an open floor plan if the open floor plan is decorated with sand dunes and airborne silt!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The enormous bed is upholstered in green velvet, a custom Lawson Fenning, and the living room was decorated with pieces from Soho Home and a treasure trove of 1stDibs finds like midcentury chairs by William Hinn.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Designed by Foster + Partners, the restaurant is striking, clad entirely in rare white onyx across the floors, walls, and tables.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The exterior is clad in wood and topped with a metal roof.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Geomagnetic storms are classified using a G-scale, which ranks their intensity from G1 (minor) to G5 (extreme).—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Despite being the first voice in nearly every emergency, dispatchers are often classified as clerical staff instead of first responders.—
Jason Truppi,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, Rousseau gets knocked down on the edge, creating more space, Bernard gets decked to the ground by a block and Bishop changes his direction to help outside the numbers, despite having both Milano and Christian Benford in support out there.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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From the outside, this residence appears to be a fully decked out castle right off the famous Las Vegas, Nevada strip.—
TJ Macias,
Sacbee.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Arrayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrayed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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