Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for batten (down)
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Fortune has previously reported that retailers lock in holiday assortments months in advance, and 2025’s tariff volatility has forced last‑minute reorders, product cuts, and pricing shifts—conditions that especially strain small operators with thin margins and limited credit lines.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
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Simply creating an account will be enough to lock in this part of the offer.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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A lot of people in his position might have let persona take over when the audience is sort of latching onto that image.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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In this system, microbes interact with iron minerals, producing tiny iron nanoparticles that latch onto pollutants.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Justice Minister Yariv Levin is attempting to bar Baharav-Miara – also a frequent target of the right wing – from probing the leak, suggesting the attorney general’s own involvement in the case should also be examined.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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These settlement agreements were confidential — meaning that the women were legally barred from disclosing the amount or even the existence of a potential settlement.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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The alternative to betting on a resilient platform with everything built in now is spending lots of time and money to bolt on later.—
Kellie Romack,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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But with college players having so much power in the NIL era, coaches cannot risk anything that might give their athletes reason to bolt for another team.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Even as Altman pitches a science-fictional future, his company is chained to products and business models from the recent technological past.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Many Spanish eateries keep tables and chairs outdoors, even after hours, by stacking them together and even chaining them to deter theft.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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There, a group of KPMG staffers followed and sometimes interjected their own thoughts on the building, while workers fastened the last screws on light bulbs and organized plants strewn around the office.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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The macaques were secured by three gates, each fastened by two sets of locks and latches.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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To the dismay of many beer fans, Sapporo, which owned Anchor Brewing, shut it down in 2023 ending a run of almost 50 years of releasing its annual Christmas Ale (not to mention the iconic Anchor Steam Ale).—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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The cubes work by simply filling them up with clothes, zipping them shut, then using the middle zipper to compress clothes down to a much smaller package.—
Erin Cavoto,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Top news OpenAI taps AWS Amazon shares closed at a record high Monday after OpenAI agreed to buy $38 billion worth of AWS capacity in a fresh sign that the ChatGPT developer is no longer dependent on Microsoft.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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On the way out, as a staffer closed down the merch stand and the lobby bars’ slushy machines quietly hummed, Donegan brought up the lyric about caviar dreams.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Batten (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/batten%20%28down%29. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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