Examples of bats in a Sentence

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All Saints Church, however, was one of the first to benefit from roughly $4.3 million dollars of Heritage Lottery Funds, used to learn how bats impact churches and to find solutions. Fox News, 25 Aug. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bats was in 1919

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“Bats.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bats. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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