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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
an array of baseball gloves in the corner of his room
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as in grouping
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a motley array of travelers waiting for the bus
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as in attire
dressy clothing
dressed in festive array for the city's annual New Year's Eve celebration
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as in sequence
the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another
a marching band's carefully choreographed array
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as in to adorn
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath
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as in to clothe
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations
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as in to classify
to put into a particular arrangement
arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value
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Recent Examples of array
Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Owner Gilberto Garcia, a native of Pueblo, stocks an array of hard-to-find tequilas and mezcals.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Apr. 2024
Six buses were arrayed outside that legendary Upper West Side emporium, a culinary temple to smoked fish and secular, progressive Judaism.
—Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Queen can catch in the mid-post and throw up an impressive array of midrange jumpers with touch, or put his shoulder into somebody and get to a hook shot.
—Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Owner Gilberto Garcia, a native of Pueblo, stocks an array of hard-to-find tequilas and mezcals.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
For much of the public, the only interaction with the troops on the border is when they are arrayed wearing camouflage fatigues in the background of a news conference on TV often designed more to score political points than to offer a glimpse of the sacrifice of service.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Apr. 2024
Six buses were arrayed outside that legendary Upper West Side emporium, a culinary temple to smoked fish and secular, progressive Judaism.
—Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
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In addition, people who develop type 2 diabetes are more likely to have a cluster of factors, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, and abdominal adiposity (excess fat in the abdomen).5 Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms Type 2 diabetes develops gradually.Carisa Brewster, Verywell Health, 14 Jan. 2025
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Inside a cluster of AMD Instinct MI300A APUs, which power the supercomputer.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
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In this composition, the mammals are joined only by a grouping of aspen trees, leafless against the winter ground.Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
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Most of the groupings of bones belonged to a single person, but six graves held remains of multiple people, including one that was different from the others.Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Women would turn up to his signings dressed in the elaborate Victorian-goth attire of his characters and beg him to sign their breasts or slip him key cards to their hotel rooms.Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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Her outfit featured a black skirt suit with statement buttons running down the front placket of her jacket in shades of white and gold, a contrast to the black fabric of her attire.Julia Teti, WWD, 9 Jan. 2025
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According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, the sequence of events unfolded after Scott Levitan fell into a frozen lake on Dec. 26.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
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The Bears offensive issues were the primary factor in their returning from Indianapolis 1-2 — from the strip-sack to Williams’ two interceptions to a painful first-half red-zone sequence in which the Bears ran 10 plays inside the 20 and four from the 4 or closer and didn’t score any points.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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Five crew cut stepbrothers back from the army would knuckle punch the family puppy.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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On his YouTube livestream discussing the fires, the climate scientist Daniel Swain compared the combined fleet of vehicles, aircraft, and personnel to the army of a small nation.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The silver piece is adorned with a cross and the iconography of a chapel and is more than 1,000 years old, the museum said in a Jan. 15 Facebook post.Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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The bathhouse, adorned with intricate mosaics and featuring hot, warm, and cold rooms, resembles a spa-like retreat, and could be the largest thermal complex found yet in a private residence in Pompeii.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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By the time Post Malone came on stage and knocked out his high-energy, crowd-pleasing set while clad in a Luke Combs T-shirt and cutoff jorts, the air was dry and cool.Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2025
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The interior, clad with carbon-fiber extras, has the seats and dashboard both swathed in dark-brown leather.Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
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Not a nor'easter Monday's snowstorm will not be classified as a classic nor'easter, Taylor said, which are some of the most infamous winter storms for East Coasters.Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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And our findings have broader implications for how species are classified and protected under conservation laws.Andre A. Naranjo, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Array.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/array. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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