congeries

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Noun
  • Survival of the mid-major programs depends on breaking out and forming their own conglomeration.
    Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Middlemen forms a trio with Mark McGurl’s The Program Era (2011), which examines the rise of MFAs, and Dan Sinykin’s Big Fiction (2023), which follows the effects of publishing’s conglomeration.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This was not cultural architecture as economic engine, but architectural complexity as conspicuous consumption—a questionable evolution, if also an appropriate one for the most valuable luxury conglomerate in the world.
    Julian Rose, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Community members, organizers, local officials and the Journal Sentinel sought further details about the grocery conglomerate’s decision, to no avail.
    April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Gradually drizzle ¼ cup egg mixture into broth, concentrating in a single area; repeat with remaining egg mixture in ¼-cupfuls in different areas.
    Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Among many Niger Deltans, there’s a mixture of ignorance, nonchalance, and clenched resignation around the industry’s environmental dangers, which take a back seat as folks get on with the business of everyday survival.
    Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The government attempted to reconcile the hodgepodge of leftist ideologies and micro-factions through the testimony of Kyle Shideler, a director and senior analyst at the Center for Security Policy, a far-right think tank.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
  • There may not be a team embodying the discrepancy between record and reality more than the New Orleans Pelicans, home base for the ever-so polarizing talent that is Zion Williamson, plus a hodgepodge of rangy, versatile athletes at all five positions.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The neutral design appeals to people of all genders and with a motley of styles.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
  • This week’s foe, Tennessee, is almost as motley.
    Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • This potpourri of religious perspectives is no surprise given religion’s long history of influencing thinking toward health, carrying incredible physical and emotional power for people facing illness and even death, to the point of seemingly miraculous healing.
    Cory Anderson, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has released its shortlist for the 2026 class, presenting us with the strangest potpourri of names in the organization’s history.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Although Brixx operates a mix of corporate and franchised locations, its takeover of that space would make the lakefront livelier by putting patrons on the patio at night.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Market watchers attributed the decline to a mix of macro and positioning-driven factors.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Congeries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeries. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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