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collages

noun

plural of collage

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 For the property, owner Jo Ellard selected 400 paintings, collages, photos, and sculptures sourced from antiques sales, Art Basel shows around the world, and her own private collection. — Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026 Frequently incorporating African American women as her subjects, her paintings and collages center around race, femininity, and memory. — News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026 Atkinson similarly makes collages, carefully weaving each phrase into the next to create unsettled atmospheres. — Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 New designs are layered on top of old, creating accidental collages between eras. — Clio Chang, Curbed, 22 June 2026 Hockney’s paintings and drawings, as well as his later photo collages and digital works, invariably had a playful, exploratory, interrogative relationship with perspective, light, scale, framing, rendering—the basic components of picture-making. — Mark Rozzo, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026 In the 1980s, Hockney would embrace Polaroid collages and would later use an iPad to create a series of digital paintings. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 12 June 2026 In the ’80s came his extraordinary multi-image photographic collages of friends including Isherwood and Bachardy and such landmarks as the Brooklyn Bridge, Grand Canyon and Pearblossom Highway. — Barbara Isenberg, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026 The exhibition’s denim collages — cacti, mountains, fences, car keys — frame AI as the latest version of an old American sales pitch. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 26 May 2026

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On the other side, Spring said the overhauled Macy’s stores have had better assortments, more customer assistance and stronger displays of merchandise to help improve the experience.

— Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
These shifts are shaping our product development around sharper, more purposeful assortments, while growing consumer interest in wellness and active lifestyles is opening adjacent opportunities.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of assortments

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However, some boxwood varieties naturally shift color throughout the year, so slight bronzing in fall and winter is nothing to worry about.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 8 Sep. 2026
Here, your guide to the metaphorical — and literal — cream of the crop for fall, coming in ranging intensities and fruity and dessert-like varieties.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of varieties

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In the 48-second teaser, montages of spacecrafts and astronautical devices fill the screen while voices giving varied commentary about Musk play in the background.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 7 Sep. 2026
Then cinematographers Evan Draper and Jazleana Jones along with Ullom, who also edits, take a steadier hand with evocative montages that emphasize the passage of time.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of montages

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And then there are the animals The regulations say domestic or other animals kept in groups such as packs, herds, litters, bevies or flocks larger than three are prohibited, unless the Village approves otherwise by resolution.

— Luisa Yanez Updated September 3, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
In animals that have litters, such as rodents, dogs, cats, pigs and kangaroos, a dead fetus will be reabsorbed by the mother’s body to protect the rest of her offspring.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of litters

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The glow of ten-watt bulbs peeked from behind the patchworks of plywood and concrete.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
Instead, we were greeted by patchworks in which trees that had perished and trees that had been only partially burned commingled with those that appeared completely untouched.

— New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026

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