as in shield
a full suit of armor
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Recent Examples of panoply
The show, which ran for five seasons, featured Chamberlain as the handsome and caring attendant to a panoply of guest-star patients seeking aid and comfort for a variety of afflictions.
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David Morgan, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2025
That’s like having the panoply of responses and not just one path for dealing with your trauma.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Over time birds evolved a panoply of skeletal and soft-tissue features that improved their flight capabilities.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
The Middle East, particularly Dubai and Saudi Arabia, is surging ahead, drawing both developers and buyers with a combination of ambitious new projects, panoplies of high-end amenities, and a willingness to experiment with lifestyle concepts.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2025
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The video footage did not appear to capture any rocks, bottles or fireworks being thrown at the federal officers or any shields held by the protesters.—
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Even today, class and education serve as shields from the Delta’s violent culture.—
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The solution removes moisture from the nail plate to ensure a long-lasting finish and contains biotin to strengthen the nails.—
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One of the license-plate-reader cameras near East County Line Road and South Colorado Boulevard in Highlands Ranch alerted Douglas County deputies to a match for the suspect’s vehicle, Weekly said.—
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For a city pursuing housing supply, today’s conditions represent a mixed bag — better for renters, but bad for builders.—
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The nonprofit developer has a 96% housing retention rate and 96% participation rate for services across its permanent supportive housing portfolio, according to Carlos Rodriguez, management analyst for the Housing and Homeless Services Department.—
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The bill does not mention keeping packages meant for another person delivered to your address, but federal law says keeping a package addressed to someone else is considered mail theft and is punishable by up to $250,000 in fines or up to five years in prison.—
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This has now forced her and her neighbors on Kimbrough Court to drive to the nearest post office to pick up their mail for the foreseeable future.—
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The video footage shows protesters standing on steps leading up toward the federal building throwing traffic cones at federal officers wearing body armor and standing in front of the entrance to the building.—
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Anti-riot police officers, wearing helmets and body armor, carried batons, shields, shotguns and tear gas launchers, according to the witnesses.—
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For all the evident care in this dish, its plating is boldly plain—beige on beige.—
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While fast charging is already challenging at room temperature, low temperatures exacerbate kinetic limitations, triggering lithium plating on graphite anodes and sharply reducing available capacity.—
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Strategically using dimmers, light-filtering and -blocking window coverings, and temperature-changing light sources also offer sensory support.—
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To better insulate your home in winter, don't underestimate the power of window coverings.—
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Investigators recovered 16 casings on the scene and two handguns.—
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Another witness on Monday was Texas Ranger Terry Snyder, who testified about the shell casings recovered from the hallway of Robb Elementary.—
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“Panoply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panoply. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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