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as in assembly
a body of people come together in one place
an assemblage of onlookers at the construction site
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as in accumulation
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time
tried to sort through the assemblage of ripped wrapping paper and boxes for the missing toy
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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
an assemblage of brass candlesticks on the table
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as in collection
an organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure
donated his assemblage of 18th-century miniature paintings to the museum
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Recent Examples of assemblage
Jason Wu stretched himself to a new place with a highly creative collection inspired by Robert Rauschenberg, utilizing collage and assemblage for innovative constructions.
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
Notably absent from our assemblage are any enantiornithines.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
Participation alone seems to be the end goal, the assemblage of a cacophony of voices without any avenues to interrogate the way power is shared or negotiated in collective spaces.
—Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
The opening credits, an assemblage of archival footage from various eras, show sheets of newspaper being used to do things like wrap fish and line litter boxes.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
Notably absent from our assemblage are any enantiornithines.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
Participation alone seems to be the end goal, the assemblage of a cacophony of voices without any avenues to interrogate the way power is shared or negotiated in collective spaces.
—Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
The opening credits, an assemblage of archival footage from various eras, show sheets of newspaper being used to do things like wrap fish and line litter boxes.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assemblage
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The company’s facility in Tucson, Arizona, handles most of the missile’s assembly, integration and testing.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Building the outpost required 42 assembly missions, from 1998 to 2011 at a construction site 250 miles above the Earth moving at a speed of five miles per second.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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On the cook’s line, there was grease and food accumulation in between and below the cooking equipment.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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The only way to make a definitive diagnosis is to take thin slices of the brain after the person’s death and use a microscope to look for an abnormal accumulation of tau, a protein that stabilizes certain elements of the brain.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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There were clusters of nests found close together or overlapping, and crescents of nests arranged in a curved line, like a crescent moon.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Blind Spot is this remarkable collection of photographs, but each one is accompanied by a short textual piece.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The brand’s Bespoke collection—a line of jeans with superior stretch and shape retention—is now the number one female style at specialty retailers.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
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Boise State fell to 6-3 overall and 4-1 in conference play, losing its grip on the regular-season title race.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Nov. 2025
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The teams meet again in Pullman in Week 14, when Wazzu will try to split the conference title.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Its Keigan Genius Salon revived the intimate cross-disciplinary gatherings of 18th-century Europe — bringing together designers, artists and cultural figures to explore the intersection of fashion, architecture and art.—
Li Jun,
Footwear News,
2 Nov. 2025
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Rich hues of yellow, red, and orange mums dot our porches, and for social gatherings, our fall styles echo the staple colors of the season.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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Now, one of her enemies has done the same — only this batch of flames is more like being tossed into an incinerator than warming up by the fireplace.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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The scarcity is not performed but natural; small-batch production means fewer than a thousand of any one item exist.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Around this time, Backmann, also PCC executive director, contacted Army CID to discuss arranging a meeting with the Grogan family.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Daily Dividend With the ongoing government shutdown, a Federal Reserve meeting and a barrage of earnings reports, you were bound to miss some headlines this week.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Assemblage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assemblage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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