arrays 1 of 2

plural of array
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as in armies
a large body of men and women organized for land warfare feudal lords depended upon their array for defense

Synonyms & Similar Words

arrays

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verb

present tense third-person singular of array
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Recent Examples of arrays
Noun
D3Energy has already completed floating arrays for Del-Co Water in Delaware and the City of Lima at Twin Lakes Reservoir. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026 In the foreground, the telescope's payload adapter can be seen, while just behind, the orbital observatory floats into the blackness of space with its solar arrays still folded for launch. Brett Tingley, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Its skyline is dominated by towering smokestacks, hulking arrays of metal tubes and bright flames erupting from flares at petrochemical plants in the global plastics supply chain. Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 The other approach uses arrays of tightly focused laser beams, called optical tweezers, to trap neutral atoms. Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026 Radio interferometers are arrays of individual dishes that work together as a team, like one large telescope with lots of holes in it. Olivia Harper Wilkins, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026 Propulsion, flight software, avionics, reaction wheels, star trackers, separation system, solar arrays, radios, composite structures, fuel tanks, and other components are all integrated into a compact frame. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2026 Songs were deconstructed and reconstructed each night as the pair hunched over their blinking arrays. Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026 The satellite had deployed its solar arrays and was firing its thrusters. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
The neurons are connected to computing hardware via microelectrode arrays. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 For one, the implant uses electrocorticography (ECoG) electrode arrays that rest on the brain’s surface—a distinction from other BCI designs that place penetrating electrodes inside brain tissue. Shannon Cuthrell, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026 The iROSA wings sit forward of the legacy solar arrays, augmenting their electricity generation rather than replacing it. Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2026 This technique overcomes limitations of older methods like genotyping arrays, which were often biased towards European ancestries and less accurate. William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 CorPower is now moving toward its first two commercial-scale arrays, in Portugal and Scotland, aiming to establish wave power as the world's third-largest renewable energy source alongside wind and solar. New Atlas, 21 July 2026 The Roborock Qrevo Hybrid is a master of floor care, with 8000Pa HyperForce suction and dual 200RPM spinning mopping arrays. Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026 Line arrays work by suspending multiple speaker cabinets in a curved vertical column, allowing sound engineers to precisely shape the direction and throw of audio across a large space. Dave Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 The push for community solar in Boise comes amid growing restrictions on renewable energy across Ada County, where commissioners voted last year to dramatically tighten rules on where large-scale solar panel arrays can be built. Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrays
Noun
  • Robby stayed home, measuring the time between clusters of seizures in video games and cartoons.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Huddleston notes that first-year growth stays low to the ground as a leafy rosette, whereas in the second year, poison hemlock can reach up to 10 feet in height and is often found in large clusters.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • For groups of six to 10, the library offers a private dining space that can be booked ahead.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The $177 billion finding represents nearly 10% of federal discretionary spending, the groups said.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Some of this is down to the sequences in English; Oguri’s accent is sometimes hard to make out, which isn’t helped by the low sound mix and Miike’s tendency in dialogue scenes to show a reverse shot of the person not talking.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Housewife is certainly at its most potent during those earlier sequences, when Sheridan’s Lelyveld is under the mistaken impression that Hermine Ryan is the unwitting victim rather than the unrepentant perpetrator.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The majority went to coaches’ and athletic directors’ ever-escalating salaries, lavish facilities and small armies of support staffers, nutritionists — even barbers.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, police forces across the country have transformed from lightly armed constabularies to small-scale armies.
    Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As strikes hit multiple Ukrainian regions and Russia’s Belgorod, Zelensky disputes claims of an energy-infrastructure truce while Moscow decorates a Baltic Sea ship captain and confirms a general’s death.
    Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The print decorates a semi-sheer collarless evening jacket, an ideal day-to-night piece, according to Brock.
    Ari Stark, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Later, CeCe dresses her up in a pink tutu and makes up a dance for her kitten.
    Parents, Parents, 31 July 2026
  • Young, who dresses Dakota Johnson, Julianne Moore, and Scarlett Johansson, spotlighted it as an essential for summer travel in her latest Quince curation.
    Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • AmaWaterways arranges pre- and post-cruise stays of several nights in both cities with luxury accommodations, cultural exploration led by local experts, and transfers between hotel and ship.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • But that’s also more or less the premise of this supposedly final installment of the rebooted franchise, which arranges another multiplayer safari of joystick slapstick for the Rock, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • What the company is doing is buying batches of stock, creating a tokenized version of each share, and then offering contracts that provide customers with a financial claim on those tokens.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The type of salt always matters, but especially so in large batches.
    Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Arrays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrays. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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