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panoply

noun

Definition of panoply

as in shield

a full suit of armor

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Recent Examples of panoply Café Succès in Helsinki offered a panoply of korvapuusti choices, renowned in particular for the heft of their selections. — Sean Carlson, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026 In an ideal world, antitrust regulations wouldn’t be fragmented and enforced by a panoply of states. — James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026 Fall film festivals launch a panoply of rich film fare into the Oscar maelstrom. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026 Along the way, the family’s reality show has become the seed from which a panoply of other projects, opportunities, and attachments have sprouted. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for panoply

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Noun

Swarms of police officers descended from helicopters and beat them with billy clubs and metal shields.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The jail has issued inmates Android tablets and Englert says some have turned the heat shields into blades.

— Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of shield

Noun

Most electric cars combat this by laying a flat cooling plate underneath the battery.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Fruits and vegetables Those trying to lose belly fat should load up their plates with vegetables that are low in calories and full of fiber, Aziz said.

— Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of plate

Noun

Anger about rising inflation, from energy prices to housing costs, has led to clashes in Italy and Portugal.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Rising fuel costs, discontent with the state of schools, declining public services and a housing crisis have created perfectly stormy weather for an autumn of protests in Europe.

— Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of housing

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While renting a charming Mediterranean Revival-style villa in the Hollywood Hills, the FBI tapped her phone lines and the CIA covertly intercepted and opened her mail.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026
This administration has waged a war against mail-in voting, demanded states’ voter rolls, threatened election workers and threatened to seize voting machines.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of mail

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Pictet left to retrieve his body armor from the Hotel Istanbul.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The clothes performed a parallel operation on familiar forms, pulling apart bikers, trenches, tweed jackets, corsetry, and punk hardware before rebuilding them into funky new forms of feminine armor.

— Vogue, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of armor

Noun

To battle rival cartels or authorities, criminal groups sometimes convert the trucks into mutant tanks, adding heavy ballistic-proof steel plating, firing ports and gun mounts.

— Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Mohajir and Dela Cruz would benefit from embellishing both their plating and their messaging.

— John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of plating

Noun

One possible injury is a subdural hematoma, which is bleeding between the brain and its outer protective covering putting pressure on the brain.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Insurance companies encourage this, offering discounts for properties with storm-proof coverings or those that take the extra financial leap to install permanent protections like impact windows and doors.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of covering

Noun

This uses distinct propellant grains that are arranged sequentially inside the motor casing and separated into two or more independent chambers.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
The wells needed wider diameters (wider casing) and slickwater fracking, not gelled fluids, to sustain enough pressure to produce ample gas flows.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

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