congeries

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congeries
Noun
  • Compared to their forerunners in the tsarist era, with their party congresses held abroad, their executive committees, and their active recruitment in imperial Russia’s universities, Soviet dissidents remained a comparatively small and informal conglomeration of activists.
    Benjamin Nathans September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Data centers are conglomerations of warehouses storing thousands of computer servers.
    Sarah Henry, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Germann will play David Teitelbaum, Josh’s (Martin) father and the powerful chairman of a major media conglomerate.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The firm upgraded the fast-food conglomerate to outperform from in line.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Silgranit sinks can be cleaned with a mixture of dish soap and vinegar, which will need to sit for at least an hour if there are any hard water deposits before being rinsed and dried.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Shape mixture into 36 meatballs; place in a shallow baking pan.
    Maddy Bendgen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.
    Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • The result is a hodgepodge of myths and theories about how to address the issue that go well beyond advice to just eat well and meditate.
    Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Arizona’s backfield has been a hodgepodge of Bam Knight, Michael Carter and Emari Demercado.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Her goal is to start a women’s consciousness-raising group, and her efforts have brought together a motley, inquisitive quintet.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.
    Rudy Lee, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • Stovetop potpourri, deodorizers, and candles certainly have their place, but masking odors isn’t one of them.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
  • For a sweet-smelling fall centerpiece, add potpourri of your choice.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The slightly thinner, trailing branches include a mix of long and short needles.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The president’s unpopularity was part of the mix.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Congeries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeries. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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