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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
There’s our Talmudic reading of the alternate-side calendar, with its we-are-the-world assemblage of holidays: to celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension, Eid al-Adha, and Tisha B’Av, a day of fasting that commemorates various Jewish disasters, nobody has to move their car.
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Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
One assemblage features a broken television set balanced on a dirty rolling chair.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 23 June 2025
Many of those residents were artists and musicians, including the famed assemblage artist and former director of the Watts Towers Arts Center, John Outterbridge, whose home and studio burned in the fire.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
The most comprehensive solo museum exhibition to date for the artist, approximately 50 works from 1959 to 1999–paintings, sculptures, etchings, drawings, assemblages, and musical compositions–are brought together.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
One assemblage features a broken television set balanced on a dirty rolling chair.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 23 June 2025
Many of those residents were artists and musicians, including the famed assemblage artist and former director of the Watts Towers Arts Center, John Outterbridge, whose home and studio burned in the fire.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
The most comprehensive solo museum exhibition to date for the artist, approximately 50 works from 1959 to 1999–paintings, sculptures, etchings, drawings, assemblages, and musical compositions–are brought together.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assemblage
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While the main assembly facilities are difficult targets, given their sheer size, Ukraine found success striking at the various supply chain nodes that provide the components for the Shaheds.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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At a screening in Sacramento, Greenfield and her teenage collaborators presented the film to state senators and assembly members.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Aug. 2025
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Health inspectors found old food and grease accumulation on the fan cover above the two-door freezer, on the floor beneath the back storage racks and on the wall behind the second cook line.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The best storm thus far in the northern metro dropped one quarter inch of rain, so some accumulations up to this amount are possible with any stronger storms that develop.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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Indeed, the footage of the cluster of cells meeting the uterus looks like a mini cosmic explosion.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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The organization also is partnering with a nonprofit developer to create a cluster of 21 shipping containers converted into little houses in Eastpointe, just outside Detroit.—
Felice J. Freyer,
NPR,
16 Aug. 2025
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The man formulated a second plan, to move his outdoor collection of motorcycles, equipment, cars and tools from one side of his yard to another, in an apparent attempt to appease city inspectors.—
Nathaniel Levine,
Sacbee.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Aduba’s bird-watching, stare down-loving investigative savant could have come across as a schtick-y collection of eccentricities.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Aug. 2025
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The founder has spent the past several months on the ground with freight brokerage leaders or with logistics customers at a golf conference, convincing them that this product would benefit their businesses.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
14 Aug. 2025
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Nominees from each conference are forwarded to the Woman of the Year selection committee, which will choose the top 10 honorees in each of three divisions.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
14 Aug. 2025
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Roll the brown-butter sugar cookie dough balls in a cinnamon-sugar mixture for the perfect melt in your mouth sweet.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
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Whisk through to combine, or using your paddle attachment, stir through flour mixture until combined well.—
Amanda Hancock,
The Courier-Journal,
14 Aug. 2025
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The flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base carried another batch of Starlink optimized V2 Mini satellites into low-Earth orbit.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
22 Aug. 2025
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Taylor Swift’s tease of a new album, The Life Of A Showgirl, is enough to send a batch of her albums back up Australia’s chart.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
22 Aug. 2025
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Meals on Wheels Orange County hosted the gathering with Mattel, which is turning 80 this year, and there were games and dancing and lunch enjoyed by all.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
15 Aug. 2025
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An estimated 1,140 classic cars will come up for sale at Monterey Car Week, the annual gathering of classic car collectors from around the world.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Assemblage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assemblage. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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