as in assortments
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
my scrapbook is just a collage of articles, pictures, cartoons, and observations that I have deemed worth saving
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Recent Examples of collages
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.
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Cnn, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
Thomas McKean is a New York City artist known for his elaborate MetroCard collages and sculptures.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Flat has never felt so deep as in her meticulous drawings, paintings, and collages.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
That technique resulted in otherworldly sound collages that expand and contract like a creaky door in humid weather.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2025
Joan has a way of creating the dreamiest collages.
—Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
That quality is as present as ever here, and lately van Rij has started making collages out of her photographs, so the images containing multiple layers are themselves laid atop one another.
—Sarah Van Rij, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2025
The similarly sized, but irregularly shaped, collages are visually complex.
—Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
The question of cultural memory—and its theft—is raised in a series of collages that accompany the film, in which images of West African sculptures are rent apart—as if blown up by the explosive violence of colonialism—and cobbled back together with images and text from European art catalogues.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
Cnn, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
Thomas McKean is a New York City artist known for his elaborate MetroCard collages and sculptures.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Flat has never felt so deep as in her meticulous drawings, paintings, and collages.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
That technique resulted in otherworldly sound collages that expand and contract like a creaky door in humid weather.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2025
Joan has a way of creating the dreamiest collages.
—Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
That quality is as present as ever here, and lately van Rij has started making collages out of her photographs, so the images containing multiple layers are themselves laid atop one another.
—Sarah Van Rij, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2025
The similarly sized, but irregularly shaped, collages are visually complex.
—Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
The question of cultural memory—and its theft—is raised in a series of collages that accompany the film, in which images of West African sculptures are rent apart—as if blown up by the explosive violence of colonialism—and cobbled back together with images and text from European art catalogues.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collages
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Ulta Beauty, Target and Walmart are leaning into wellness, each kicking off 2026 with sweeping additions to their respective assortments and, in the case of Ulta, a wellness shop-in-shop redesign.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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This is reshaping assortments, replenishment, staffing, and storytelling in real time.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes.com,
22 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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Horacek will demonstrate the how to prune roses, tools needed and this year’s new varieties of roses.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Notably, those potentially deadly varieties are easily confused for safe-to-eat mushrooms – prompting the caution from health officials against foraging.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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While further details on how the segment will work were not immediately available, awards shows often have multi-artist performances delivered as tight medleys, although eight is a lot.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
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Here, she's seen performing on her variety show, which featured a number of famous guests and her own musical medleys.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Kings honored Westbrook with a series of video montages during Wednesday’s game.—
HECTOR AMEZCUA,
Sacbee.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Bone Temple is in many ways a more conventional film than 28 Years Later; DaCosta thankfully doesn’t try to re-create the herky-jerky rhythms and mixed-media montages of Boyle’s picture.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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Females normally birth two to four litters a year—their gestation period is only 15 to 22 days—and litter sizes can range from one to 13 young, though the average is around five to seven.—
Noel Kirkpatrick,
Treehugger,
20 Jan. 2026
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By the time the couple adopted her from a dog rescue in Louisburg, Kansas, 3-year-old Gracie had birthed two litters of pups — part miniature poodle, part miniature Australian Shepherd.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2026
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There are a few patchworks, a few mistakes, and this is what this body’s showing.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Collages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collages. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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