as in compilation
a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music
a garland of medieval folk songs
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Recent Examples of garland
Instyle Editors, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026
Stroll under tangled garlands of buoys and past glassblowers shaping octopi in real time, and browse everything from handmade ceramics to local paintings, textiles, and nautical tchotchkes.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2026
CBS News, 29 Nov. 2025
But one of the building’s façades is still a temporary wall, lacking the elaborate statues and adornments that will one day garland it.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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Noun
She was also given a rose garland as a sign of honor and respect, standing out in gorgeous contrast to her neutral outfit.
—Instyle Editors, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026
Stroll under tangled garlands of buoys and past glassblowers shaping octopi in real time, and browse everything from handmade ceramics to local paintings, textiles, and nautical tchotchkes.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
Stoppard was often hailed as the greatest British playwright of his generation and was garlanded with honors, including a shelf full of theater gongs.
—CBS News, 29 Nov. 2025
But one of the building’s façades is still a temporary wall, lacking the elaborate statues and adornments that will one day garland it.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garland
Noun
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What do the band Quicksand, the hardcore compilation This is Boston, Not LA, and John Coltrane have in common?—
Tanya Edwards,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
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Watch Madonna's short film featuring a compilation of new songs from the album above.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
Verb
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In Wake-Keeper (2026), a roughly four-by-five-foot canvas, a pious man draped in the red cloth of traditional Ghanaian funeral attire sits on a stool with his hands clasped, his body facing the left side of the frame.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
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Its flags hung at President Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration and draped his coffin.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
Noun
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The high-energy running back caught the Giants’ attention during his time at Arizona State University, leading the Sun Devils to the NCAA Playoffs with 1,711 yards — second-best in the country that season, according to the Football Reference almanac.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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This is then cited decades later in the 1980s, and reaches National Public Radio, a kid's almanac, and even a Trivial Pursuit card game deck.—
Doris Elin Urrutia,
Space.com,
30 May 2026
Verb
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The duo’s latest work suggests that the apes can create new meaning by stringing sounds together in pairs — something akin to syntax, which was once thought to be a unique hallmark of human language.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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In early November, Edie Harmon, who has documented border wall activity in the Jacumba Wilderness since 2020, learned that Marines were stringing wire in an area called Skull Valley.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Studying the history of the Winkie and Lord, Miller, and Muntadas’s video anthology offers us perhaps an alternative path out of our current critical doom loop.—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Verb
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The five members burst out of a giant pink teddy bear, and even their costumes were festooned with tiny bear faces, like the Grateful Dead’s mascot had suddenly infiltrated the world of girl groups.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty The stage was festooned with balloons and a giant image of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to appear in public since being elevated to the position after the killing of his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Some of her recipes include lentil granola, bean-ana bread and a mung bean scallion pancake.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Played by Michelle Williams at her most tremulous, this Marilyn is something like a butterfly that Hollywood wants to pin to a board and display.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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The impact from the crash led the Chevrolet van to pin the man up against the Land Rover.—
Marcella Baietto,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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“Garland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garland. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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