Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for batten (down)
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This cream incorporates hyaluronic acid to lock in hydration and a compound called DMAE, a vitamin B derivative that can help to smooth skin’s texture.—
Korin Miller,
Flow Space,
28 Mar. 2025 -
The value of women’s basketball has already exploded in the intervening months, but the NCAA is locked into a contract that doesn’t reflect the sport’s current status and relevance.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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For college basketball fans looking for a lower seed to root for, Colorado State may be the ideal team to latch onto given their clear talent and upset potential for future games.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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This gives the immune cells a clear target to latch onto.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC News,
19 Mar. 2025
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President Donald Trump in January ordered federal agencies to shut down DEI programs and barred federal contractors from adopting diversity policies that may be discriminatory.—
Daniel Wiessner,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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An appeals court Wednesday kept in place an order barring the administration from deporting more Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Hamilton then bolted into the distance at over one second per lap, entirely out of reach.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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Things got dicey one day in early 2000 when a student bolted after church, Lamm said, then made her way to a neighbor’s and called her mom and the police.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
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Her friends described seeing Jesperson on TV while watching the news, wearing an orange jumpsuit and chained up.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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One by one, the passengers, chained from hands and feet, are pushed along into armored vehicles and buses, transported to an infamous high-security prison.—
Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah,
The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Mar. 2025
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The other horse was unhitched from the sleigh and fastened to the collar of the horse in the water and was then able to pull it out.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Create a loop or figure-8 pattern with the twine and fasten the opposite side of the twine to the nearest tree stake at a 45-degree angle.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In the scramble to evacuate, Chelsea had forgotten to lock the door and shut the gate.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Economists fear gloomy and fearful consumers will shut their pocketbooks and slow the economy.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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The episode closes with Pete, who has successfully found a watering hole for the horses.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan's capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the East African country to the verge of civil war, the German foreign ministry said on Saturday.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Batten (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/batten%20%28down%29. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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