agglomeration

noun

ə-ˌglä-mə-ˈrā-shən How to pronounce agglomeration (audio)
Definition of agglomerationnext
as in assortment
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things the bedroom community became a vast agglomeration of houses, schools, and small shops

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Recent Examples of agglomeration Key to that is the prevention of the agglomeration of power, including checks and balances not just within government but within society. — Joseph E. Stiglitz, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2026 Of particular interest are polymetallic nodules – agglomerations, typically smaller than a potato, containing manganese and other metals and found in the silt of the deep ocean floor. — Coalter G Lathrop, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026 That's way too valuable an agglomeration to sell at 26 times earnings. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2026 Other projects relying heavily on digital design were the 76-story 8 Spruce Street (2010) in Manhattan, whose undulating exterior curtain walls appear 3-D printed, and the cloud-like glass agglomeration of the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris (2006). — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for agglomeration
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agglomeration
  1. assortment
  2. variety
  3. jumble
  4. medley
  5. collage
  6. agglomerate
Noun
  • Outside the building were an assortment of generators, cables and Starlink dishes.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • That includes things like better marketing and potential resets to the product assortment.
    — Jeff Marks,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of assortment
Noun
  • People heading into the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period with plans to sign up for insurance should expect a variety of changes in 2027, including higher premiums and fewer coverage options.
    — Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Arugula is a leafy green that can be incorporated into a variety of dishes from breakfast and lunch to dinner.
    — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of variety
Noun
  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of jumble
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  • Sequenced at the center of a three-track medley, its death-dream logic deliberately evokes the SMiLE era’s dark, confusing edge.
    — Ryan Meehan, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Transfer the vegetable medley to a 13-by-18-by-1-inch sheet pan.
    — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of medley
Noun
  • Phil Dunn, an acrylic artist and collage artist, made several of the tables.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Pollard has also been immersed in surrealism and dada, fitting genres for a musician and visual artist who has a knack for bending words and images to his will — either via hallucinatory lyrics or collages that mesh realms both physical and meta.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of collage
Noun
  • The merger between Penguin Random House (itself an agglomerate of two giant publishing corporations) and Simon & Schuster, for example, came as a result of the publishing industry’s ongoing struggles with Amazon.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2020
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