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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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
Noun
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The project was pressed in a run of 15,000 copies, one of the largest batches among the exclusives.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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That means pharmacies and facilities that sell batches of the medication could face FDA enforcement.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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In the footage, the man, identified as Teodoro Dominguez-Rodriguez, is led by a group of plainclothes men who refused to show ID or a warrant to his attorneys.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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As a true indicator of simpler times, an organizer would join forces with an injector to offer neurotoxin aesthetic treatments on a budget for a wide group of attendees.—
Dahvi Shira,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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For instance, in 2015, Texas A&M scientists found that implanting electrodes into a cockroach's ganglion (the neuron cluster that controls its front legs) was remarkably effective at successfully steering the roaches 60 percent of the time.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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This year, the nominating committee left a cluster of prominent directors far from the spotlight.—
Scott Heller,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Researchers with the Third Marine National Park Research and Education Center observed the herd exhibit a variety of behaviors, including rolling, social grouping, and foraging, all of which are normal in healthy and content dugong populations, officials said.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2025
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Both could also spend time at nickelback depending on the personnel grouping.—
Tashan Reed,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Lined up before him was not so much an array of books as the fin de siècle itself.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio deployed an array of fronts throughout the 2024 season.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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The new statement comes in the wake of the fall-out following the band’s sets at Coachella earlier this month.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
29 Apr. 2025
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The remastered concert film celebrates the legendary band’s iconic 1971 performance in the historic Roman amphitheater.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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By operating outside of the fast-churning fashion market with multi-year collections, Huang takes necessary time to be innovative and conscientious with her label’s designs and production.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
23 Apr. 2025
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For her last collection, 10 percent of the fabrics that were used came from China.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Brad Pitt is zooming around in a race car, a new karate kid makes his debut (with help from the old one), a bunch of rampaging dinosaurs return, and Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are acting freaky once more.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Williams, who owned a 2.12 ERA in four career starts against the Twins, struggled to throw strikes against a patient Twins bunch.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Battery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battery. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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