BATTERIES Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

batteries

noun

plural of battery

as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit a battery of tests to determine the cause of the medical disorder

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as in groups

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit a battery of specialists worked on the problem until it was fixed

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Recent Examples of batteries Loya said the batteries need replacing every five to seven years, which can cost as much as $7,000. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Copper, critical for a car's wiring and for electric vehicle batteries, has also grown more expensive — both because of tariffs and because there's more global demand for it, especially as the need for EV batteries grows. — Willa Rubin, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026 Medical implants like pacemakers and deep brain stimulators now rely on batteries that are bulky, stiff, and eventually need replacing. — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026 The company is driving forward the development of solid-state batteries in collaboration with its strategic partners, Factorial Energy and ProLogium. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026 For Griffin, that means supporting AI and building data centers in America, while also pursuing advances in nuclear energy, batteries, and robotics. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Industrial parks, logistics hubs, and technology clusters are springing up.

— Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said earlier this month that two supercomputing clusters powered by Nvidia technologies had already been launched in the country.

— Jenny Lee,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of clusters

Noun

Carter ruled after a 3½-hour hearing Tuesday, where a slew of attorneys for the state, county and independent voting rights groups argued against the administration’s demands.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
This gives several sets of interest groups an opportunity to use the FCC’s public review and approval process to advocate for federal limits on space technologies.

— Max Harden, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of groups

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Meanwhile, airborne early-warning aircraft often use large radar arrays mounted above the fuselage to provide surveillance over a broad area.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
The millimeter-wide arrangements of around 10,000 nerves and supporting cells sat on microelectrode arrays that let researchers stimulate the tissue and record its activity.

— Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

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Waiting for the last batches of mail-in ballots Many mail-in votes won’t arrive until days after Election Day.

— Philip Wang, Time, 28 Oct. 2026
Carpenter and King have preferred to keep their batches small and their marketing limited to word of mouth, but that word is spreading, especially across their ravenous genre-loving fan base.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of batches

Noun

Opponents argue the tax will chase billionaires out of the state, endangering the state’s economy and future tax collections.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
The pattern repeats in healthcare, parks and botanical collections, where sensory planting doubles as therapy and education.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of collections

Noun

In separate local elections, various independent candidates and groupings appeared to be winning most seats nationwide, a traditional result.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, of the 105 political parties and groupings qualified to participate, only 33 had successfully submitted their membership lists.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of groupings

Noun

Peanut brittle in individual packages lack the name of producer and ingredients.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
That more than three hundred thousand packages are delivered somewhere in the world every minute of every day is a monument to his accomplishments.

— Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of packages

Noun

Tracking electrons in real time In solids, electrons occupy specific ranges of energy called bands.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Both schools will have their halftime homecoming, their school bands performing and lots of alumni in attendance, so throw out the records and prepare for the idea that anything could happen.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

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