as in assortments
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 agglomerations
At the lower end of the scale, some very small galaxies could be mistaken for globular clusters—agglomerations of up to a few million stars that form alongside galaxies.
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Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
29 May 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.
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Coalter G Lathrop,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
29 May 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.
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Coalter G Lathrop,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agglomerations
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McGinty said many of the styles now gaining broader visibility — salt-and-pepper diamonds, hexagon and kite-cut stones, Montana sapphires and heavier gold settings — were already in demand with her clients years before appearing in larger retail assortments.
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The assortments give shoppers a chance to try several scent profiles without committing to one full-size luxury bottle.
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Arachnids, including spiders (most common varieties) and scorpions.
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Because its founders, the Faro family, built a small empire in Sicily from an ornamental plant business that grew into one of the largest Mediterranean plant nurseries in Europe, exporting more than 5,000 varieties to 60 countries.
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
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Lowlights included uninspiring medleys.
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For the elder millennials, the bittersweet spot was the medleys of older Kanye cuts released from 2004 to 2016 (think The College Dropout to The Life of Pablo).
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Atkinson similarly makes collages, carefully weaving each phrase into the next to create unsettled atmospheres.
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New designs are layered on top of old, creating accidental collages between eras.
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“Agglomerations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agglomerations. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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