anthology

noun

an·thol·o·gy | \ an-ˈthä-lə-jē

plural anthologies

Definition of anthology

1 : a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music an anthology of American poetry

2 : assortment … an anthology of threadbare clichés of … bistro cuisine …— Jay Jacobs

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Examples of anthology in a Sentence

an anthology of American poetry The band will be releasing an anthology of their earlier albums.

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The case is now being turned into a Hulu anthology series, with Joey playing the role of Gypsy and Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee. — Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, "Joey King Looks Totally Different as Gypsy Rose Blanchard in Hulu's "The Act"," 4 Jan. 2019 The eight-part anthology series will explore the inspirations and stories behind Dolly's beloved songs, with Dolly herself starring in each one. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Julianne Hough Will Star in Dolly Parton's Netflix Series," 31 Dec. 2018 The trailer for Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, the latest entry in the popular sci-fi anthology series, has dropped this morning. — James Vincent, The Verge, "Watch the trailer for Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, releasing Friday 28th on Netflix," 27 Dec. 2018 Each episode of Matthew Weiner's anthology series The Romanoffs takes its audience to a new setting with an entirely new cast, and in some cases, into a new television genre. — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, "Christina Hendricks Reflects on Her Romanoffs' Character's Shocking Death," 20 Oct. 2018 Set to release in January 2019, the trailer for the Emmy-winning anthology series follows Moonlight's Mahershala Ali's character through three different time periods in his character's life. — Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, "The First 'True Detective' Season 3 Trailer Is Haunting in the Best Way Possible," 27 Aug. 2018 Philadelphia’s Nathaniel Popkin has two at once — a novel and a big literary anthology responding to the Trump era. — John Timpane, Philly.com, "Nathaniel Popkin is a Philly author with a rare double play - two new books at once," 11 July 2018 Here’s the latest trailer for the Coen brothers’ Netflix film — an anthology of six different stories that was initially announced as a short TV series. — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, "New trailers: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, UglyDolls, and more," 10 Nov. 2018 Alok Vaid-Menon Vaid-Menon is a performance artist, writer, and poet, who recently wrote an anthology of poems titled Femme in Public, about encountering street harassment as a gender nonconforming person. — Noor Brara, Vogue, "9 Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Writers You Should Know," 30 Oct. 2018

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