billets 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of billet
as in bars
a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide a stack of gold billets in the vault

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billets

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noun (2)

plural of billet
as in positions
an assignment at which one regularly works for pay found a billet at one of the leading brokerage houses in New York

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billets

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verb

present tense third-person singular of billet
as in houses
to provide with living quarters or shelter every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier

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Recent Examples of billets
Noun
The first billets have been shipped to SGL facilities in the US for machining. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billets
  1. bars
  2. positions
  3. houses
  4. beams
  5. jobs
  6. camps
  7. rods
  8. posts
Noun
  • Food and drink The restaurant and bars (there are two) are the main draws here and will no doubt draw locals like me in addition to out-of-towners.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The chocolates are made with crunchy kataifi, the sweet, shredded phyllo dough traditionally used in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean pastries and a main ingredient in the Dubai bars.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of bars
Noun
  • Unlike traditional sports betting, prediction markets function more like exchanges, with participants taking positions against one another rather than against a house.
    — Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Artists tracked Gosling’s on-set performance and recreated it within digital environments, allowing Fraser to choose new camera positions without discarding the original acting.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of positions
Verb
  • Zygielbaum was surprised however that the DOJ reached out only to him, and not the Republican clerk in neighboring Weld County, which also houses a sizable portion of that same congressional district.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026
  • By 2018, the F50 had reportedly been acquired by Chinese billionaire and Instagram influencer Shin Mike Yin, who houses his collection of rare exotics—including a few examples from Pagani and Bugatti—in Dusseldorf, Germany.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of houses
Noun
  • At its heart, the greatest album of all time beams with try-hard enthusiasm for popcraft—but don’t try telling Stel that.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
  • These cataclysmic explosions spray intense radiation and beams of energy through the universe at close to the speed of light.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of beams
Noun
  • The Commission’s sovereignty framework considers the extent to which investment, jobs and value creation remain within the EU and European Economic Area.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • But even for those of us who still have jobs, something corrosive is happening.
    — Brian Jenney, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of jobs
Verb
  • Concertgoers are surely used to the fan archetype who camps outside the venue for hours to secure a spot along the barricade, but the lines outside Nationals Park on Wednesday didn’t hold the promise of a better view.
    — Kendall Staton, Washington Post, 25 July 2026
  • That sounds like a figure of speech because nobody camps out overnight for tickets anymore.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of camps
Noun
  • The researchers first used computer models to predict how elastic rods respond to different combinations of bending and twisting.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Concrete, when poured over rods of steel, proved strong enough to prop up colossal skyscrapers that Julius Caesar could only have dreamed of.
    — Sara Herschander, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of rods
Noun
  • Social media posts claim that the signs of iron deficiency, including a pale complexion, hair loss and dry skin are identifiable as ferritin face.
    — Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Alphabet and Microsoft report next Wednesday, and Amazon posts results Thursday.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of posts

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