Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battening (down)
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This anti-theft bag converts from tote to crossbody to backpack and is packed with smart security features, including RFID-blocking pockets, locking zippers, and a chair-lock loop.—
Aly Walansky,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
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On her personal Instagram and TikTok accounts, Hirshleifer-Penn often shares her own designer outfits and must-have items, a Celine calfskin midi skirt with a gourmette chain fastening one day, a military-green Saint Laurent jacket with a stand collar the next.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Legate gently declines Lucy by fastening her to a cross.—
Jack King,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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Fifth-place Monaco grabbed a second goal 10 minutes into the second half when midfielder Aleksandr Golovin, who had just come on, slid the ball into the bottom corner after latching onto a cross from the right.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Now, some are latching onto the wave of anti-OpenAI sentiment to voice broader critiques of the company.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
5 Mar. 2026
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Oil storage tanks are filling up across the region, analysts say, since exports have all but stopped due to the Iranians effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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The White Bicycle Plan, created by the countercultural Provo movement in 1960s Amsterdam, proposed closing the city center to cars as part of an effort to curb pollution and improve people’s experience of public space.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Mar. 2026
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Men are often the ones in those ICE facilities who are shackling and chaining detainees.—
Anna Moeslein,
Glamour,
7 Feb. 2026
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Nobody was depriving you of food or water, or chaining you up.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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That contract lapsed after then-President Joe Biden issued an executive order barring the Department of Justice from contracting with private prisons.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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Statner says drinking this in smaller portions (and barring any major health concerns) once a day is fine.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Choose varieties that can grow in hotter weather without bolting (flowering).—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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The long-shot basket sent players from the Clippers’ bench — and some fans in the stands, too — bolting onto the court in a wild celebration.—
Greg Dudek,
Boston Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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After a nearby hospital is hacked and ransomed, the higher-ups decide to defend its system by shutting it down, which means business must be conducted in the old-fashioned, paper-and-clipboards way.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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In China, some refineries were shutting or bringing maintenance plans forward.—
Reuters
Wire Service,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Battening (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battening%20%28down%29. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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