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as in army
a large body of men and women organized for land warfare feudal lords depended upon their array for defense

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Recent Examples of array
Noun
The event also involves an array of food samples and live entertainment. Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025 The loss of forecasters is compounded by the short staffing among technicians responsible for maintaining the radar arrays that detect and analyze storm activity. Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
Verb
About 30 seats are arrayed around the living room and the action unfolds all around them. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025 The best prospect for peace, experts say, would require Myanmar’s military junta to weaken so badly as to be ready to strike a deal with the armed ethnic groups and resistance forces arrayed against it. Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for array
Recent Examples of Synonyms for array
Noun
  • Since then, the cry for additional testing and a review of the cancer cluster has only gotten louder.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 May 2025
  • The star cluster that makes up Queen Berenice’s hair is made up of very young stars, about 500 million years old.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2025
  • That line will start sailing on June 17, with KMTC providing one vessel to the grouping.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Speaking of attire, Max Azria, founder of women’s fashion brand BCBG (not to be confused with CBGB, the legendary dive bar turned NYC punk nirvana), likely found the six-bedroom layout perfect for his eye for fashion.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • Moderator Jean-Marie Durand was visibly intrigued by Coccia’s colorful attire, which included a pair of psychedelic Puma MB.04 LaMelo Ball Scooby Doo sneakers.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • So there was an overall analog approach to the fight sequences, the set builds, the cinematography and the color palette.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
  • The child starts to recognize quantities, sequences, and patterns.
    Jose Bolanos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • At times the mines were also under control of the Wazalendo, a militia allied with the Congolese army.
    David Yusufu Kibingila, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • Mosaddegh was toppled from his seat in a 1953 coup led by the Iranian army and backed by the U.K. and the U.S.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 May 2025
Verb
  • It’s carved from a snaking mulberry branch and adorned with microchips, with a C.P.U. fan and a small desk clock embedded in the smoothly polished wood near its head.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
  • Signature lines from the production adorn the entry wall, a remote control signals a projector to show films from the 1960’s, the musical’s era, including Cool Hand Luke and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid starring the main character’s idol Paul Newman.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • Ousmane Toure, clad in a PSG home shirt and accompanied by his girlfriend, Angeline, had watched the match along with 45,000 fellow fans on the big screens at the Parc des Princes, PSG’s home stadium, the night before.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 2 June 2025
  • Soaring ceilings, dual closets, and a bathroom clad on its walls, floor, and counters with Aglo Ceppo stone are highlights of the primary suite.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • Birders and organizations such as the American Ornithological Society have always classified them as separate species.
    Elay Shech, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
  • Some would impose net neutrality requirements or classify ISPs as utilities, the filing said.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025

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“Array.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/array. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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