1
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
Don Riddell, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
The plants feed and shelter a staggering array of orioles, green jays, and other birds, whose whistles, caws, and tweets filled the air.
—Laura Mallonee, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
Colm Tóibín, writing in the London Review of Books, reports that following Indiana’s death, his books, which in some instances had been arrayed three rows deep on his shelves, had been boxed, carried down from his sixth-floor East Village walkup, and subsequently shepherded cross-country.
—News Desk, Artforum, 13 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Ahead of him was an array of some 200 screens, each offering a view from one of the many cameras on the course, a replay clip or a graphics package.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
The plants feed and shelter a staggering array of orioles, green jays, and other birds, whose whistles, caws, and tweets filled the air.
—Laura Mallonee, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
The barbecue tray, with its juicy meat, purple slaw, and heaps of potato salad arrayed on a butcher-paper background, turned out to be perfectly suited to Instagram.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
Colm Tóibín, writing in the London Review of Books, reports that following Indiana’s death, his books, which in some instances had been arrayed three rows deep on his shelves, had been boxed, carried down from his sixth-floor East Village walkup, and subsequently shepherded cross-country.
—News Desk, Artforum, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for array
Noun
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Amyloid plaques play a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s when small clusters gather at synapses in the brain and interfere with the nerve cells’ ability to communicate.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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There was another notable cluster in 2012 in people staying in tent cabins in Yosemite.—
Judy Stone,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
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Often these puzzling areas create room for vignettes, an expressive grouping — of candles, plants or photos in a nook intended for deep conversations.—
Kathryn Streeter,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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Guests ages 21 or older are invited to wear prom attire and can meet scientists, get involved at the San Diego Archaeological Center, dig up fossils at the Paleo demo lab, dance along to live music and meet various local organizations.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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In early March, the Paris in Love star shared photos of her family of four dressed in black tie attire for the 2025 Oscars.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In just one transporting sequence that’s almost too much to take in, Coogler traces a line from the blues of the 1930s back to its origins and forward to its influences on funk and beyond.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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This detonation will spew material at the other white dwarf, triggering the same devastating sequence.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The spread Then, the virus takes over, multiplying inside the cells and building up an army for an attack.—
Emily Baumgaertner Nunn,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Ling and an army of staffers arrived at the park on Monday morning at dawn to get things set up.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Speaking of the stairs, they’re adorned with a mural that adds to the weight of history the characters are constantly inspired by and suffocating under.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2025
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Here, the walls are adorned with century-old photos of rabbis surrounding stacks of matzah and men smoking cigars on the production line.—
Joseph Strauss,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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Mourners clad in black and white streamed into the theater and some doubled over in tears as a recording of Pérez singing the national anthem played.—
Martín Adames Alcántara,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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Kid Rock in the Oval Office—executive order, clad in a loud red outfit and a cowboy hat with rhinestones, executive order.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Kathleen Kelley Reardon, an expert on organizational politics, classifies political environments from minimally to pathologically politicized.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the Western Santa Cruz tortoises as critically endangered, estimating approximately 3,400 tortoises remained as of 2010.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Array.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/array. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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