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as in variety
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
an assortment of nails at the bottom of my tool box
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as in diversity
the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types
we were disappointed in the small clothing store's lack of assortment
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Recent Examples of assortment
Under the direction of two interim CEOs, CFO Frank and Chief Commercial Officer André Maestrini, Lululemon has been working to rebuild its product assortment and address its domestic growth challenge.
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Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 4 June 2026
The numbers aim to tell a story, create an arc, aggregate a narrative out of what otherwise, to the naked eye, might simply seem like a group of exceptionally athletic young men participating in an assortment of frivolous physical challenges.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Verizon has an assortment of mobile tools should the company's stationary cell towers give out during a hurricane.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 4 June 2026
The partnership comes to life through an assortment that moves fluidly between the pitch and the street.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
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Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 4 June 2026
The numbers aim to tell a story, create an arc, aggregate a narrative out of what otherwise, to the naked eye, might simply seem like a group of exceptionally athletic young men participating in an assortment of frivolous physical challenges.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Verizon has an assortment of mobile tools should the company's stationary cell towers give out during a hurricane.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 4 June 2026
The partnership comes to life through an assortment that moves fluidly between the pitch and the street.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assortment
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But as the uptake of telehealth has grown substantially since the start of the covid pandemic, McClain is one of millions of Americans who have used online companies to meet a variety of their medical needs.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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The rooms For a smaller resort, there's a surprising variety among the accommodations.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 May 2026
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Most recently, late neoliberalism revived a central aspect of 1970s pluralism, retooled as representative diversity—once again under the pressure of political activism, which reckoned with decades of racially exclusionary collecting, exhibiting, and hiring practices at art institutions.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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As a result, seed diversity and resiliency have been compromised and control of seed has moved away from farmers and local communities to large corporations.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
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But this disjointed medley, performed by Christiani Pitts and Sam Tutty, offered little context for what is meant to be exciting or enticing about the show.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
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But the complaint included a medley of exhibits, including the full text of Read’s federal lawsuit.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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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
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Since the early 1960s, her drawings, watercolors, acrylics, and collages have run like scenic byways along the whooshing turnpike of contemporary art.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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On June 1, the 29-year-old Rhode founder shared a collage on Instagram of three black-and-white photos of herself in a dark cheeky thong bikini.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
2 June 2026
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“Assortment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assortment. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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