assemblages

plural of assemblage
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Recent Examples of assemblages Beginning in 1989, oil and acrylic paints gave way to olive oil, henna, tea, spices, and coffee, while animal glue, mud, and leather also shaped the group’s posters, paintings, and mixed-media assemblages. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Often these assemblages of items are tied together in a bundle or bag and may be referred to as hands, mojos, or gris-gris. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 Pathbreaking artist Betye Saar, whose powerful assemblages of racist memorabilia served up scorching commentary on the condition of the Black American—particularly the Black American woman—died on July 26 in Los Angeles. — News Desk, Artforum, 28 July 2026 There are sketchbooks still to fill, assemblages missing one last red bottle, and a studio full of objects that have yet to be turned from one thing into another. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Who could forget the countless iterations of her squad, after all, the varied assemblages of laughing friends, mostly women, featuring in Swift’s Fourth of July carousels and birthday tributes and more through the years? — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026 Throughout his career, the multidisciplinary artist experimented with various mediums, ranging from painting and photography to assemblages, even employing digital technologies like the iPad. — Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026 Surrounding sculptures, assemblages and brightly colored forms make the space feel part sanctuary, part dreamscape. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026 And so the best example of this is the use of very large high-pressure die castings to replace assemblages of stamped parts. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assemblages
Noun
  • The roadmap calls for Russia to help establish production in Iran of individual parts and assemblies for Russian aircraft.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • But even the regions that have adopted citizens’ assemblies are a long way off from achieving Landemore’s vision.
    — Esther King, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by potentially harmful accumulations of two proteins.
    — Mike McRae September 03, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, as a result of warming temperatures and historic accumulations of trees and brush, wildfires have grown larger, more complex, and more unpredictable—requiring hundreds and sometimes thousands of firefighters.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • With its octagonal clusters of flats arranged around a central water tower that looks like a fist raised against the sky, the neighborhood doesn’t have much spirit of community.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Up next is a course in laser communication, a core capability that the Project Suncatcher satellites — which will operate in clusters of dozens of spacecraft — will need to possess.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • While Dunham’s work is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum and New York’s MoMA, this will be his first museum survey show in 25 years – in part because his later work is decidedly adults-only.
    — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • One way Lev accomplishes that in her own home is by utilizing her collections.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The organization hosts conferences, seminars and a mentoring program to help educators promote into leadership roles.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Tokenization has spent most of its life as an insider’s topic, debated at conferences and written about in trade publications that never reach the people who decide where capital goes.
    — Ivan Kan, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Don’t worry about the chunky look to the newer potting soil mixtures, as this provides good soil aeration.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The new analysis used the MagLab’s 21-tesla Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer, which can distinguish an enormous number of compounds within extremely complex mixtures.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Starship has carried small batches of V3 Starlinks on previous launches, but those missions’ suborbital trajectories meant the satellites burned up in Earth’s atmosphere rather than remaining in orbit.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The contract also includes options for additional batches in the coming years.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • To lay out the stakes, these hacker houses aren’t random gatherings.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Over time, biscuits and sausage gravy have become a staple, appearing at restaurants and community gatherings, along with home kitchens.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026

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