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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
The New York newspaper people consuming this assemblage looked at one another.
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Sam Sifton, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Many of the items had been burned, suggesting that they might have been torched upon a funeral pyre, but no human remains were found amid the assemblage.
—News Desk, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2025
The result is an assemblage of distinctive silhouettes and unique fabric selections that draw any viewer in.
—Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
Hammett has a new coffee-table book out, The Collection: Kirk Hammett, with highlights from his massive assemblage of vintage instruments.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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Sam Sifton, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Many of the items had been burned, suggesting that they might have been torched upon a funeral pyre, but no human remains were found amid the assemblage.
—News Desk, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2025
The result is an assemblage of distinctive silhouettes and unique fabric selections that draw any viewer in.
—Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
Hammett has a new coffee-table book out, The Collection: Kirk Hammett, with highlights from his massive assemblage of vintage instruments.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assemblage
Noun
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That assembly of influences, stretching across half a century, appears with greater and lesser prevalence in each of the band’s numbers.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2025
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The first-term San Diego assembly member is MAGA to his marrow, bringing President Donald Trump’s noxious politics and personal approach to Sacramento.—
Mark Barabak,
Mercury News,
3 July 2025
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The annual Ten Thousand Commandments report has, since 1993, tracked the inexorable accumulation of federal regulation.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The United States would be, to put it mildly, naïve to believe that the accumulation of intelligence and modern warfare knowledge by North Korea, China and Iran presents no threat to the United States.—
Laura Thornton,
Twin Cities,
27 June 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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Prune hydrangeas to remove old flower clusters and reshape plants when the blossoms fade 52.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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In Georgia, for example, the Georgia State Afterschool Network used its long-standing relationships with community organizations to efficiently distribute grant funds and provide technical support for data collection and analysis and high-quality programming.—
Linda Darling-Hammond,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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But the collection proved more understated than its presentation, despite its focus on India’s sartorial influence on contemporary fashion.—
Alice Pfeiffer,
CNN Money,
1 July 2025
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The beauty of it, to the SEC, was the emphasis on the passion of the conference, not just winning.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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The incident occurred in June, and McCubbin appeared in court for a pretrial conference in July.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
10 July 2025
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Within the hearts and faces of the Class of 2025 is a mixture of anticipation and apprehension — on the edge of a world that is, by turns, irreverent and weary, defiant and desperate for something more.—
F. Willis Johnson,
Twin Cities,
10 July 2025
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Note: if the mixture thickens more than desired over time, add a little water or beef broth.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
10 July 2025
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These pipelines must evolve beyond rigid batch jobs toward flexible, scalable flows that support high-volume and low-latency requirements.—
Shinoy Vengaramkode Bhaskaran,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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In another batch of letters shared later in the afternoon, Trump said tariffs would be set at 25% for Tunisia, 30% for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 32% for Indonesia, 35% for Bangladesh and Serbia, and 36% for Cambodia and Thailand.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
7 July 2025
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When a motorcade of DHS agents was executing a search warrant on the property, a massive gathering of protesters waving Mexican flags tried to intercept a part of the convoy by pelting some of the vehicles with rocks and shattering windshields in the process.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
11 July 2025
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Comer Cottrell at a gathering in 1980s New York City.—
Kelli María Korducki,
thehustle.co,
11 July 2025
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“Assemblage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assemblage. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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