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
Noun
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Either way, prepare a big batch of yellow lemonade and place it in a large drink dispenser.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 July 2025
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This week’s batch includes new projects from Alex G; Raekwon; DJ Haram; Che; Anycia & DJ Drama; $ilkMoney; Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka; Jim Legxacy; Disiniblud; Cleo Reed; Laura Jane Grace in the Trauma Tropes; and Zac Farro.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
18 July 2025
Noun
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The group is no stranger to events that benefit local charities.—
Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
22 July 2025
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Companies and governments are investing in training workers for the AI era, including an AI training academy for teachers that a group of tech giants is partnering with teachers’ unions to build in New York City.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
21 July 2025
Noun
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But the upshot of this is that the cluster of stars is like a stellar pantry to which the black hole occasionally goes to feast.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
25 July 2025
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All three converge near 260, creating a clear cluster of supply that OIH must contend with.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
Noun
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 July 2025
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This process would have stolen away all the dwarf galaxy's stars to leave behind a free-floating black hole with just a small, tight grouping of stars left to keep it company.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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The late, great Shane Warne took 40 wickets, the South African-born, skunk-haired Kevin Pietersen announced himself with a thrilling array of shots, and Andrew Flintoff performed magic with both bat and ball to help England over the line.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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This whole-home energy backup system pairs modular 10-kWh batteries (expandable up to 80 kWh) with an inverter that can handle up to 40-kW solar panel arrays.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
19 July 2025
Noun
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This new 5-CD/Blu-Ray set version of the original record contains new remixes of the songs by Steven Wilson along with the band’s 1970 concert performance at Carnegie Hall.—
David Chiu,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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The band’s third No. 1 album bowed in with 270,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 5, 2019, in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
22 July 2025
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India box office: Maalik Rao’s Maalik made an opening collection of $600,000 worldwide on Friday.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Bluey, Baby Reindeer, BritBox and BBC News – Tom Fussell and his team have a collection of popular and venerable brands to work with.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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Seeing a bike race in person, seeing the riders, asking for autographs — my parents still have a jersey that was signed by a bunch of people — and that was a pivotal moment.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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From hiring Mike Vrabel to be their new head coach to a bunch of aggressive roster moves to improve, the Patriots are looking to take a jump back into playoff contention.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 July 2025
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“Battery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battery. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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