COLLECTIONS Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

collections

noun

plural of collection

as in libraries

an organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure his stamp collection has become quite valuable

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as in accumulations

a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time a collection of lint underneath the dryer

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as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit the historic village boasts an interesting collection of gift shops and antique stores

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Recent Examples of collections The upward trend is largely due to a resumption in more normal tax collections following a temporary suspension of enforcement activity during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to tax experts and IRS officials. — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 16 July 2026 In McBride’s work, collections of idiots and unlikable misfits strive for power and achievement and are inevitably foiled by their own flaws. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026 Satterwhite’s art is also in the collections of the MoMA and the Whitney in New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki, Finland. — News Desk, Artforum, 16 July 2026 His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki, among others. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026 That compromise underscores the Association of College & Research Libraries' guidelines governing security of special collections materials. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 July 2026 To celebrate the creativity, innovation, vision and work of 10 emerging designers and their graduate collections, the school staged a runway show at its Shoreditch campus location. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 14 July 2026 Nathaniel had written six collections of poetry, two screenplays, four literary novels, one essay collection. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026 Driving many of these projects is a desire to better serve constituents and make collections more accessible. — Leslie Anderson, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026

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Noun

In large enterprises, thousands of engineering hours each year go to keeping software current by patching libraries, updating frameworks, managing dependencies and maintaining audit evidence.

— Chris Brown, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
The city was handing out free KN95 face masks at hundreds of libraries, police precincts and firehouses, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 17 July 2026

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Most of the region received 1-3 inches in the past 24 hours, but accumulations between 5-7 inches in Lewisville and the western portions of Fort Worth were recorded in the past 24 hours.

— Michael Autovino, CBS News, 13 July 2026
As the Eaton and Palisades fires roared across the Altadena area and the coastal Santa Monica Mountains in January 2025, the flames were fueled in part by accumulations of bone-dry chaparral, brush and other vegetation.

— Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

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Biren said the approach could enable clusters with up to 1,024 AI accelerator cards, significantly expanding the scale of computing systems needed to support increasingly demanding AI workloads.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
In 2022, Greenpeace’s investigative journalism arm, Unearthed, found the charred remnants of footwear and clothing from Clarks, Diesel, Michael Kors, Next, Nike, Ralph Lauren and Reebok at five brick kiln clusters.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026

Definition of clusters

Noun

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

Definition of assemblages

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New methods for testing chemical mixtures Thousands of chemicals are used in commerce and released into the environment.

— Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
More recently, drones have been used to drop incendiary mixtures that ignite apartment buildings and residential blocks.

— David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of mixtures

Noun

Led by researcher Kalle Mertin, the team increased production to about 66 pounds (30 kilograms), around 60 times more than previous laboratory batches.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
There have been several releases over the years, including Explorer, a 6-year-old bourbon, and multiple batches of the Legacy series, which are blends of aged whiskeys.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 July 2026

Definition of batches

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Its deep-discount model is built for speed and simplicity around compact stores, limited assortments, a heavy reliance on private label and customer self-service—like bagging and shopping-cart retrieval— that keeps prices low and operations tight.

— Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
McGinty said many of the styles now gaining broader visibility — salt-and-pepper diamonds, hexagon and kite-cut stones, Montana sapphires and heavier gold settings — were already in demand with her clients years before appearing in larger retail assortments.

— Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 26 June 2026

Definition of assortments

Noun

According to the press statement, the project is anchored by over 400,000 structural steel piles manufactured by PACO Steel, using 142,000 tons of steel coils from US Steel’s nearby Big River facility.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
On the night before a big operation, Uncle Rich reminisces with the crew about his first and only incarceration years earlier, for stealing piles of newspapers.

— David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

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