as in amalgamated
made from the joining of two or more parts or elements
the movie's special effects included the use of many composite photographs
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as in alloy
a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things
a striking composite of two separate images
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as in to mix
to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout
wood chips can be composited or sold as mulch
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Recent Examples of composite
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
Kocher, artistic director of feather specialist Lemarié and Atelier Lognon, which specializes in pleating, viewed the commissions as a composite portrait of two cultures that share a belief in openness.
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Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
And Petal is a composite of two women?
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Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
The computer images were printed directly onto a VistaVision negative and cut into the movie, while the backgrounds were composited onto the Kodaliths on an animation stand, and, again, frame by frame.
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Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
For decades, investigators had little more than Barrett's body and a composite sketch of a suspect based on interviews with her friends.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
Kocher, artistic director of feather specialist Lemarié and Atelier Lognon, which specializes in pleating, viewed the commissions as a composite portrait of two cultures that share a belief in openness.
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Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
Noun
The tech-laden Nasdaq composite, meanwhile, looked set to open nearly 200 points higher.
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Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
And Petal is a composite of two women?
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Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
Verb
Our last remaining test is Blender, an open-source 3D content creation suite for modeling, animation, simulation, and compositing.
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PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
The computer images were printed directly onto a VistaVision negative and cut into the movie, while the backgrounds were composited onto the Kodaliths on an animation stand, and, again, frame by frame.
—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for composite
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Traitors is about the gullible and the skeptical working together to sieve the fraudulent from the truthful, an amalgamated nightmare of village idiots locking themselves in the stocks and pelting each other with rotten fruit.
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That is roughly 20,000 metric tons of battery-grade cobalt sulfate and 3,000 metric tons of alloy-grade cobalt metal.
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The body is made from Grade 5 Titanium alloy, which is commonly chosen for EDC tools for its corrosion resistance, light weight, and durability.
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Wall Street was mixed in light trading early Thursday as chip stocks fell further and oil prices dipped near their levels before the Iran war began.
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As the amiable leader of Shinyribs, Russell and his colleagues mix rock, country, Texas blues, New Orleans funk, Memphis soul and more into an enjoyable, good-timey, bar-band blend.
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Between 2019 and 2024, Chinese color cosmetics and skincare brands in Southeast Asia reported compound annual growth rates of 70% and 115% respectively, according to data analytics firm Euromonitor.
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Astilbe is a noun meaning any of a genus of chiefly Asian perennials of the saxifrage family that have simple or usually compound leaves and are widely cultivated for their panicles of usually white, pink, or red flowers.
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Sprinkle 5 tablespoons ice water over mixture and continue using folding motion to combine until small portion of dough holds together when squeezed in palm of your hand, adding up to 2 tablespoons remaining ice water if necessary.
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Friedland describes the ritual with the mixture of reverence and annoyance that marks many of his best observations.
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Diogo Costo had six saves for Colombia, which marked more saves than the team had in its first two matches combined.
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Grab a tortilla chip and scoop up a bite of this multi-layered dip that combines the flavors of the Southwest.
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Combining reflections with love letters with poetry, this strange amalgam reconstructs the author’s days as a college champ.
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This does seem like a way to claw back patriotism from its more exploitative uses, and even celebrate a nation that has become an amalgam of people from everywhere in the world.
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Andronis describes the restaurant as a traditional Greek taverna set against the caldera cliffs, blending Greek traditions with Santorini’s romance and exclusivity.
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They're blended with recycled asphalt and oil to make new asphalt.
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“Composite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/composite. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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