1
as in batch
a number of things considered as a unit
a battery of tests to determine the cause of the medical disorder
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2
as in group
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 battery
The rally came just one day after she was served with a misdemeanor battery and assault charge.
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
In addition to the federal offense, the passenger was charged with battery, willful obstruction of law enforcement officers and criminal damage to property, inmate records show.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
But the lander did survive for a while before its batteries died.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Top-tier noise cancelation, 30-hour battery, touch controls, multipoint pairing, and adaptive sound.
—Juhi Wadia, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
In addition to the federal offense, the passenger was charged with battery, willful obstruction of law enforcement officers and criminal damage to property, inmate records show.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
But the lander did survive for a while before its batteries died.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Top-tier noise cancelation, 30-hour battery, touch controls, multipoint pairing, and adaptive sound.
—Juhi Wadia, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battery
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Italy has reportedly deported a first batch of people from its offshore migration detention facility in Albania, with five Egyptian nationals apparently having been taken to Cairo on a chartered flight costing €113,850 ($132,133 at time of writing).—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Amazon's competitor will launch the next batch of Kuiper satellites on a Falcon 9 as soon as next month.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2025
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Barrett’s ruling, however, left open the possibility that Trump’s birthright policy could be blocked nationwide under lawsuits brought by state governments, or class-action litigation to challenge the order on behalf of groups of plaintiffs who would be affected by the order.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Even the most dedicated seed-eating songbirds must eat insects and other arthropods, that many-legged group of creatures that includes spiders and millipedes, to produce eggs, to grow new feathers and to feed their young.—
Madeline Bodin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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Mini-halos are typically found in clusters between galaxies.—
Nick Butler,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2025
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In another blow to China’s push to become a regional leader, India on Thursday rejected signing a joint statement facilitated by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization—one such grouping set up by China and Russia to counter U.S. influence.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
27 June 2025
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In April, the market selloff became even more dramatic when Trump unveiled a severe array of tariffs on the U.S.’s largest trading partners.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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And developers who take on the spatial complexities of working with old architecture face a dismaying array of bureaucratic and financial challenges.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
27 June 2025
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All their collective buying and, especially, streaming activity has turned the band’s breakout album into a hit again.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The band repeated this sentiment a lot over the course of the one-hour set, getting the audience to chant it back to them.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
28 June 2025
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Pieces from her collection, including artist Karin Miller’s Angie in Yellow, adorn the mustard walls.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
22 June 2025
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The collection initially arrived with 44,300 equivalent units.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Secure Folder has triggered a bunch of warnings given some issues in how it was deployed, those have been addressed.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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That’s particularly the case with Bondi who is the worst of the bunch. — William Opfer, Bel Air Add your voice: Respond to this piece or other Sun content by submitting your own letter.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
27 June 2025
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“Battery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battery. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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