batch
noun
a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together.
Example Sentences
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When police were called to investigate, they found more than 800 devices, packaged in batches of five, stacked into nine boxes, some wrapped in foil, others in bubble wrap.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
New “SNL” episodes usually arrive in batches of three and then the show takes a break for a few weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Under the rules, those are the employees who would have to screen large batches of outgoing state ballots for compliance with the portal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The LZ collaboration examines its experimental results in batches.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The others dribbled in by batches, King Pellinore bounding along and crying out, “Tally-ho! Tally-ho! Tally- ho!” in ignorance that the hunt was done.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
