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as in clusters
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 groups
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 sequences
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 armies
a large body of men and women organized for land warfare
feudal lords depended upon their array for defense
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as in decorates
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 clothes
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 arranges
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 arrays
Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
Solar users can continue topping up via Charger 2 from rooftop panels or portable arrays, making full use of the Elite 300’s 1,200W solar input.
—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
Community opposition has delayed, threatened or led to the cancellation of projects to build new transmission lines, solar arrays, windmills, and battery storage facilities.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
So the L1Ts rely on integrated circuits called field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), which users can reprogram for specialized calculations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
By building arrays of outdoor telescopes that gather and focus that blue light, these Čerenkov telescopes can help us reconstruct the original direction and energy of these ultra-fast cosmic rays that strike and interact with Earth’s atmosphere.
—Big Think, 30 Jan. 2026
Binoculars and telescopes, though, will provide an enhanced view that could even unveil details like the station's solar arrays and individual modules, according to the Planetary Society.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
The future of computing The device utilizes two 64-by-64 arrays of programmable resistive memory cells.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
Larry Campbell then takes a turn, leaning into the rhythm to give his playing some extra swing, paving the way for keyboardist Eric Finland to fire off arrays of pentatonics.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2026
Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
This is enabled by collecting data using telescope arrays like CHARA, which is made up of dozens of antennas spread across a large area that, when all trained on the same point in the sky, act as one massive telescope.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 21 Jan. 2026
The company's recent shift to support external storage arrays directly addresses this limitation.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The scientists fabricated arrays that possessed up to 129,500 metalenses.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025
Since then, researchers around the world have aimed their telescopes and sensitive equipment arrays at it as the comet continues its 130,000 mile-per-hour journey through our stellar neighborhood.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025
Then there’s field-programmable gate arrays, or FPGAs, which can be reconfigured with software after they’re made.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025
The vertical design and smart tracking functions of the towers offer big improvements over flat panel arrays.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
Solar arrays will help offset electricity needs for Detroit's 127 municipal buildings.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
The problem is that everything else, from building massive solar arrays to lowering launch costs, moves far more slowly than today’s AI hype cycle.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
Solar users can continue topping up via Charger 2 from rooftop panels or portable arrays, making full use of the Elite 300’s 1,200W solar input.
—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
Community opposition has delayed, threatened or led to the cancellation of projects to build new transmission lines, solar arrays, windmills, and battery storage facilities.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
So the L1Ts rely on integrated circuits called field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), which users can reprogram for specialized calculations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
By building arrays of outdoor telescopes that gather and focus that blue light, these Čerenkov telescopes can help us reconstruct the original direction and energy of these ultra-fast cosmic rays that strike and interact with Earth’s atmosphere.
—Big Think, 30 Jan. 2026
Binoculars and telescopes, though, will provide an enhanced view that could even unveil details like the station's solar arrays and individual modules, according to the Planetary Society.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
The future of computing The device utilizes two 64-by-64 arrays of programmable resistive memory cells.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
Larry Campbell then takes a turn, leaning into the rhythm to give his playing some extra swing, paving the way for keyboardist Eric Finland to fire off arrays of pentatonics.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 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
This is enabled by collecting data using telescope arrays like CHARA, which is made up of dozens of antennas spread across a large area that, when all trained on the same point in the sky, act as one massive telescope.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 21 Jan. 2026
The company's recent shift to support external storage arrays directly addresses this limitation.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The scientists fabricated arrays that possessed up to 129,500 metalenses.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025
Since then, researchers around the world have aimed their telescopes and sensitive equipment arrays at it as the comet continues its 130,000 mile-per-hour journey through our stellar neighborhood.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025
Then there’s field-programmable gate arrays, or FPGAs, which can be reconfigured with software after they’re made.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025
The vertical design and smart tracking functions of the towers offer big improvements over flat panel arrays.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
Solar arrays will help offset electricity needs for Detroit's 127 municipal buildings.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrays
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Best of all is the installation-style curation, with paintings surrounded by clusters of artifacts from the same period.—
Clodagh Kinsella,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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Sweet alyssum has clusters of flowers with a honey fragrance, and pollinators adore it.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
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His unapologetic calls for a progressive economic agenda and more inclusive policies for all racial groups, religions, genders and orientations laid the groundwork for the progressive movement within the Democratic Party.—
MATT BROWN,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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Our Local Group — like all galaxy groups and galaxy clusters — will experience this, eventually creating a super-galaxy known as Milkdromeda.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
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The opening sequences feature Gomis in a Paris studio auditioning first-time actors Correa and Kouadio, along with a host of other potential cast members.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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Their 11 goals conceded from direct attacks (defined as shot or goal-ending open-play sequences that start inside the team’s half and move at least 50 per cent towards the goal) that year were only exceeded by Luton Town and Sheffield United (13), who both ended up relegated.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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The two armies remain locked in battle on the roughly 750-mile front line, while Russia bombards civilian areas of Ukraine daily.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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The two armies remain locked in battle on the roughly 750-mile front line, while Russia bombards civilian areas of Ukraine daily.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Ink decorates her hands and wrists, poking out from under the sleeves of her gray cashmere cardigan.—
Nicola Dall'Asen,
Allure,
5 Feb. 2026
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The spectacle, which decorates the eastern edge of El Capitan, requires relatively clear skies and ample water from winter snowmelt.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Jan. 2026
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In the commercial, Affleck plays Matt Damon's titular character who arranges Munchkins in a Fibonacci sequence and loses his girlfriend to Brady.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The idea of an in-person meeting is suggested, and several years later, Porter arranges it.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Jan. 2026
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For less than $20, the airtight system helps keep batches fresh for an entire week without browning (yes, really), saving you time, money, and hassle.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2026
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Pierogi pillow makers trying to accommodate requests Pierozek has been buying the pillows in small batches from an online shop called Luft for the past three years.—
Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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These linear groupings offer tangible proof of the cosmic web's intricate design, especially its more subtle strands.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Arrays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrays. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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