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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
Georgia is known for peaches, pecans and more recently, making electric vehicles and the batteries that power them.
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Drew Kann, AJC.com, 11 May 2026
The batteries inside utility-scale storage facilities are built to far stricter standards, sited under the most rigorous fire code in the country, and monitored 24/7.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2026
Indeed, the Global Energy Alliance is now scaling this work across more markets, applying large-scale batteries and grid intelligence models from Malawi to Barbados to Vietnam.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Two or three batteries are included, depending on the package ordered.
—David Szondy
may 09, New Atlas, 9 May 2026
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a meta-weakly solvating electrolyte that allows for the stable operation of high-voltage sodium-ion batteries.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
Bring a flashlight with spare batteries to hike during the cool evening.
—Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2026
Many byproducts of the oil and gas industry are essential for making solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries, including plastics like ethylene and polypropylene, and sulfuric acid (used to process copper), S&P Global noted.
—Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 4 May 2026
Here's what to expect as camera batteries charge and carpets are swept in preparation for the glitzy evening.
—Ivy Buck, NPR, 4 May 2026
Drew Kann, AJC.com, 11 May 2026
The batteries inside utility-scale storage facilities are built to far stricter standards, sited under the most rigorous fire code in the country, and monitored 24/7.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2026
Indeed, the Global Energy Alliance is now scaling this work across more markets, applying large-scale batteries and grid intelligence models from Malawi to Barbados to Vietnam.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Two or three batteries are included, depending on the package ordered.
—David Szondy
may 09, New Atlas, 9 May 2026
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a meta-weakly solvating electrolyte that allows for the stable operation of high-voltage sodium-ion batteries.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
Bring a flashlight with spare batteries to hike during the cool evening.
—Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2026
Many byproducts of the oil and gas industry are essential for making solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries, including plastics like ethylene and polypropylene, and sulfuric acid (used to process copper), S&P Global noted.
—Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 4 May 2026
Here's what to expect as camera batteries charge and carpets are swept in preparation for the glitzy evening.
—Ivy Buck, NPR, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for batteries
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Along its spiral arms, bright orange pockets mark areas where new star clusters are forming, carving out glowing bubbles in the surrounding material.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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Lion’s ear produce clusters of fuzzy orange flowers that give the plant its common name.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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The coach also pulled small groups of challenging students out of Lignore’s class to teach them social and emotional skills and helped Lignore make and consistently use behavior charts with her students.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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The ambassadors wore Day-Glo-green T-shirts and usually worked in groups of two or three.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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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,
6 May 2026
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This seems unlikely, though, as the scale in the image means these arrays would have to be on the order of a kilometer wide, which is not the case.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
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Since pharmaceutical companies typically make drugs and therapies in batches and plan those batches months in advance, some companies may not be able to increase estrogen patch production for a few months, Ganio said.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
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At present, the team has only managed to showcase the catalyst under laboratory conditions in small batches.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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For American collectors — including a growing cohort from Maryland, where private collections increasingly intersect with institutional ambitions in Baltimore and the Washington corridor — the shift is instructive.—
Andrew S. Jacobson,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2026
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Federal tax collections are now a bit more than $5 trillion, and federal expenditures are now about $7 trillion.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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That spirit is exemplified by Ford, a gregarious hostess who moves through the various groupings of women in a diaphanous full-length blue dress, introducing Godfred to a group of attendees and hugging both first-timers and her OGs enthusiastically.—
Paula L. Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 May 2026
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Center lids on jars and screw bands fingertip tight (just until resistance is met).—
Kelly Brant,
Arkansas Online,
12 May 2026
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In the 1980s, an unprecedented number of Scottish bands became internationally popular, including Orange Juice, Big Country, The Blue Nile, and The Jesus and Mary Chain, who like the Cocteaus would go far with the combination of electric guitars, drum machines, and a ton of reverb.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
12 May 2026
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Read our analysis of media CEOs’ rich compensation packages from this week’s issue of Variety.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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Ticket packages offering access to the premium tower will also be available.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
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“Batteries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/batteries. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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