1
as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
a batch of essays to correct
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2
as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
send in the next batch of applicants
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as in to bunch
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Recent Examples of batch
Mike Wall, Space.com, 26 May 2026
Just last week, during a Y Combinator event in San Francisco, Sam Altman offered $2 million worth of tokens to each startup in the spring and summer batches in exchange for equity.
—Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2026
One person’s voice is heard in the video instructing people which batch to light first.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The first MoonFall batch, a set of three or four spacecraft, will launch to the moon in 2028 aboard a lander built by Firefly Aerospace, NASA announced today.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 26 May 2026
Just last week, during a Y Combinator event in San Francisco, Sam Altman offered $2 million worth of tokens to each startup in the spring and summer batches in exchange for equity.
—Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Verb
And batch 5 of the 10-year-old (SRP $90) is bottled at 97 proof, and has notes of molasses, chocolate, and barrel spices.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2026
One person’s voice is heard in the video instructing people which batch to light first.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for batch
Noun
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No sweeping declarations should be made about the 2026 Packers over the next cluster of workouts and practices, but the next couple of weeks can perhaps provide a baseline of what to expect come training camp.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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These gorgeous flower clusters come in shades of white, blue, pink and purple and bloom throughout several seasons.—
Amy DeYoung,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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Some groups came out in support of the update, however, including Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Jacob Coleman, the conservative advocacy group’s Minnesota director, said the convention marked the display’s debut.—
Jay Gabler,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
Verb
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Immigration courts inside the Justice Department are drastically accelerating immigrants' hearings and bunching them together with the goal of issuing more deportation orders.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
26 May 2026
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According to Judah Levine, head of research at Freightos, more vessels are bunching closer to the Persian Gulf side of the Strait of Hormuz in hopes that the waterway may open soon.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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The backstory Romeo Roma is the second hotel in the Romeo collection, after Romeo Napoli (Romeo Massa Lubrense is slated to open later this year).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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Lila Matsumoto’s publications include the poetry collections Talk a Blue Streak (Monitor, 2026), Two Twin Pipes Sprout Water (Prototype, 2021), Urn & Drum (Shearsman, 2018), and a creative-critical artist’s book, The Very Nature of Materiality is an Entanglement (In Other Words, 2024).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 May 2026
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This grouping includes some of the fastest-ripening varieties for an early crop.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
23 May 2026
Verb
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Jesser and friends take on legendary athletes, such as Dwyane Wade, at their own sports in this new episodic series — attempting to prove that YouTubers can ball.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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DeWanna Bonner is the consummate sixth player, still balling in her age-38 season.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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As a result, the outbreak in Congo is being managed by the government and in part by rebel authorities, with an array of aid agencies also helping.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 May 2026
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Because orbital data centers, in theory, require huge amounts of infrastructure like giant solar arrays, to be launched into space, the V3’s upgraded carrying capacity is essential.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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The photograph reveals bands of color in the clouds in Earth's atmosphere, just seen from above.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
25 May 2026
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The singer-songwriter, 61, claimed in an interview with NME that Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong ghosted her after recruiting her to produce the band's follow-up record to 2004's American Idiot.—
Rachel DeSantis,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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“Batch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/batch. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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