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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
Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
The Israeli military said its strikes targeted more than 100 sites, including Hezbollah headquarters, military arrays and command-and-control centers in Beirut, Beqaa and southern Lebanon.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
The Israeli military said its airstrikes hit 100 targets within 10 minutes, striking Hezbollah headquarters, military arrays and command-and-control centers.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
After reaching orbit, Orion deployed its four solar arrays–angled away from the spacecraft in a way that evokes an X-Wing from Star Wars–while flight controllers worked through a brief communications glitch.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
But there are wild cards, including potential obstructions from Orion’s solar arrays or the body of the spacecraft and uncertainty about how well the vehicle can maintain a consistent orientation.
—Adam Bluestein, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2026
The team members simulated different atomic arrays to get a sense of how fast each size could crack the two main encryption schemes, called Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC).
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
Lamont’s visit to East Windsor — home to the 120-megawatt Gravel Pit Solar project and several smaller arrays — was arranged by local critics of the developments.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
In contrast, neutral atom arrays allow long-range connections between qubits, enabling what researchers call high-rate codes.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
At a cost that Payload Research estimates at $35 million each, that’s $350 billion in cash for the like of krypton-gas burners, solar arrays, and stainless steel alloy.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
But the censor does prohibit us from putting out live broadcasts of intercepts that could reveal the accuracy of Iranian ballistic missiles or the location of interceptor missile arrays.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
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
Noun
The service module carries all the propellant, water, air and solar arrays used to power Orion during its trip to the moon.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
The Israeli military said its strikes targeted more than 100 sites, including Hezbollah headquarters, military arrays and command-and-control centers in Beirut, Beqaa and southern Lebanon.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
The Israeli military said its airstrikes hit 100 targets within 10 minutes, striking Hezbollah headquarters, military arrays and command-and-control centers.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
After reaching orbit, Orion deployed its four solar arrays–angled away from the spacecraft in a way that evokes an X-Wing from Star Wars–while flight controllers worked through a brief communications glitch.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
But there are wild cards, including potential obstructions from Orion’s solar arrays or the body of the spacecraft and uncertainty about how well the vehicle can maintain a consistent orientation.
—Adam Bluestein, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2026
The team members simulated different atomic arrays to get a sense of how fast each size could crack the two main encryption schemes, called Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC).
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
Lamont’s visit to East Windsor — home to the 120-megawatt Gravel Pit Solar project and several smaller arrays — was arranged by local critics of the developments.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
In contrast, neutral atom arrays allow long-range connections between qubits, enabling what researchers call high-rate codes.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
The satellites stand out for their exceptionally large solar arrays.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
At a cost that Payload Research estimates at $35 million each, that’s $350 billion in cash for the like of krypton-gas burners, solar arrays, and stainless steel alloy.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
But the censor does prohibit us from putting out live broadcasts of intercepts that could reveal the accuracy of Iranian ballistic missiles or the location of interceptor missile arrays.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrays
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But the livers of some patients have been found to contain clusters of cells that produce an enzyme capable of breaking down the toxins.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The two nearly identical side-by-side clusters are approximately 7,000 light-years apart.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2026
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The tactic has become more popular with smugglers as police on the beaches try to thwart crossings by puncturing the rafts that groups of migrants have to inflate and carry to the water.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Still, health experts and groups including the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology argue that creating a tobacco-free generation could dramatically reduce preventable deaths and secure a healthier future for today’s children and future generations.—
Marie Helweg-Larsen,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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And thus the two narrative sequences come together.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 Apr. 2026
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True to form for Nintendo, though, Mario remains nonverbal in the game, despite its 20-plus hour length and dialogue-heavy sequences.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2026
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In this island, or this Ireland, in 1986, there were a good number of armies.—
Colm Tóibín,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The promise of automating out the drudgery of work and home by hacking together armies of agents feels so tantalizingly close, yet just out of reach.—
Sumeet Vaidya,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The iconic Burberry pattern, which is known as the Burberry Check, decorates the sole of the shoe, adding more brand identity to the shoes.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
24 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
Verb
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Hence the social contract on which proto-citizens situated behind the veil of ignorance would agree, arranges social and economic inequalities in such a manner as to make the worst off as well off as possible; economic policies would benefit the well-being of the least advantaged.—
George G. Szpiro,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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This technology arranges pocketed coils in a honeycomb-style hexagonal matrix rather than traditional straight rows, allowing weight to be distributed more evenly across the mattress surface.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Is there a better aroma than batches of cookies cooking in your kitchen?—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
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Working in 2 batches, cook short ribs, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides, about 8 minutes per batch.—
Jenny Rosenstrach,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Apr. 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Arrays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrays. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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