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
How does a singular musical personality emerge from an agglomeration of pitches?
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
In Rijeka, Croatia, a number of guests took a trip to Hum, which bills itself as the smallest town in the world, a bitsy agglomeration of medieval walls and, frankly, not much else.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2025
DeSantis and fellow Republicans have touted the makeshift detention center — an agglomeration of tents, trailers and temporary buildings constructed in a matter of days — as an efficient and get-tough response to President Donald Trump’s call for mass deportations.
—Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
The fact that traditionalism varies across and within societies is hardly surprising: some version of that finding is cooked into the survey method with its agglomeration of micro-level data.
—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2012
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
In Rijeka, Croatia, a number of guests took a trip to Hum, which bills itself as the smallest town in the world, a bitsy agglomeration of medieval walls and, frankly, not much else.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2025
DeSantis and fellow Republicans have touted the makeshift detention center — an agglomeration of tents, trailers and temporary buildings constructed in a matter of days — as an efficient and get-tough response to President Donald Trump’s call for mass deportations.
—Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
The fact that traditionalism varies across and within societies is hardly surprising: some version of that finding is cooked into the survey method with its agglomeration of micro-level data.
—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agglomeration
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The new discovery adds to the growing assortment of bioelectrical phenomena that scientists have discovered playing out beyond the nervous system, from bacteria swapping signals within a biofilm to cells following electric fields during embryonic development.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Jan. 2026
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More than 90% of its assortment and about the same of its total sales come from private-label items, a sharp difference from other grocers and big-box retailers that typically lean on national brands and household names like Heinz ketchup or General Mills' Cheerios.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
12 Jan. 2026
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With an impressive variety of artists and the yearly GreenFest concert for students, this venue is a gem on our campus and in the College Area.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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To ensure your smoothies fit your lifestyle and dietary goals, focus on portion sizes and rotate a variety of ingredients to maintain a diverse nutrient profile.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
13 Jan. 2026
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The result also spotlights conference championships’ awkward fit in the current system, particularly given the fact that conference expansion has led to jumbles atop each league’s standings.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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After applauding the win, Murphy didn’t stay to watch Hudson win her category (Best Supporting Actress) or to enjoy his costars’ medley of the film’s three Best Original Song nominees, resulting in speculation he was angered by his loss.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
3 Jan. 2026
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Here's where to base yourself while discovering Portugal's vast medley of landscapes.—
Deanna Romano,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Jan. 2026
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To wrap up 2025 and her first full year as a pro athlete, Clark shared a collage of pictures, including an adorable one with her boyfriend.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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She’s traveled to Slovenia, Latvia, Portugal, Germany and Mallorca since moving to Sweden, making collages of her photographs for family and friends and writing a children’s book inspired by her grandchildren.—
CNN,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
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While the sculptures are agglomerates and amalgams of ordinary objects, the videos are short vignettes, narrative monologues from the point of view of the timeline’s protagonists: the child, the parent, the lover, the patient, the widow.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
17 Sep. 2025
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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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“Agglomeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agglomeration. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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