@Jimmymoog – Thanks for replying! In my case, most are not sequential. Thanks for mentioning the cinematic device, however, as I will keep that in mind for scenarios going forward where it may help.
After doing some more digging, it seems that dropping in an audio device for each sound clip is the way it should be done. While this is more work on the front side of things, my guess is that the audio devices are lightweight in the grand scheme of things, and they fit nicely in the framework that allows the engine to properly memory-manage the data.