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banes

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for banes.

Editorial note

Of all the things that are banes of our lives these days, surely it's everything that runs on a battery.

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Quick take

(British) Acronym of Bath and North East Somerset, a unitary authority in South West England. [A unitary authority of Somerset, England, formed in April 1996 on the abolition of the county of Avon from Bath and Wansdyke districts.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of banes gathered in one view.

noun

(British) Acronym of Bath and North East Somerset, a unitary authority in South West England. [A unitary authority of Somerset, England, formed in April 1996 on the abolition of the county of Avon from Bath and Wansdyke districts.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for banes.

noun

(British) Acronym of Bath and North East Somerset, a unitary authority in South West England. [A unitary authority of Somerset, England, formed in April 1996 on the abolition of the county of Avon from Bath and Wansdyke districts.]

Example sentences

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Of all the things that are banes of our lives these days, surely it's everything that runs on a battery.

2

I've often said it: The twin banes of the suburban soundscape are barking dogs and gas-powered gardening implements.

3

Deployments to slightly different server environments were one of my banes of existence.

4

Chris Banes and Roman Nurik are great from the design side.

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Currently, for reasons that escape me, you lot (Americans) seem to have decided to import those banes of thinking and real learning - standardized tests.

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I thought this was going to be an article about one of the classic banes of many a marriage, intestinal gas.

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This is as crucial as large-scale deployment for many scientific computing users, and it is one of the banes of (and reasons why) implementing the algorithm yourself.

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From Fritz Lang's Metropolis to Terminator to the recent Prometheus and a million flicks between them portray in no ambiguous terms the banes of unchecked technological advancements.

Quote examples

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Uncritical thinking like this ("knee jerk reactions") are one of the banes of humanity.

2

>"This is how its always been" is one of the banes of my existence.

3

"This is how its always been" is one of the banes of my existence.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use banes in a sentence?

Of all the things that are banes of our lives these days, surely it's everything that runs on a battery.

What does banes mean?

(British) Acronym of Bath and North East Somerset, a unitary authority in South West England. [A unitary authority of Somerset, England, formed in April 1996 on the abolition of the county of Avon from Bath and Wansdyke districts.]

What part of speech is banes?

banes is commonly used as noun.