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
Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Sunlight catches on a pine garland strung with gingham bows and tiny copper bells in Jenna Brooks’ living room.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Lazaro Gamio Nataliya Vasilyeva Ryan Francis Bradley Ilham Ahmed, New York Times, 29 May 2025
With these two examples in mind, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was always the way—of course the film garlanded at the world’s most prestigious film festival would go on to collect the most golden statuettes, right?
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 12 May 2025
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Noun
During Christmas, says Alicia, a registered nurse, their tree featured just solid colored balls, garlands and a few simple ornaments.
—Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Sunlight catches on a pine garland strung with gingham bows and tiny copper bells in Jenna Brooks’ living room.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Verb
Ana Swanson and Lazaro Gamio Selfies From the Front: Inside the ‘V.I.P.’ Brigade for Ambitious Russian Officials
After a stint with a drone unit led by a member of Parliament, Russian officials return to work, and promotions, garlanded as war veterans.
—Lazaro Gamio Nataliya Vasilyeva Ryan Francis Bradley Ilham Ahmed, New York Times, 29 May 2025
With these two examples in mind, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was always the way—of course the film garlanded at the world’s most prestigious film festival would go on to collect the most golden statuettes, right?
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garland
Noun
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And this year, the housing and mental health nonprofit produced a compilation film, Changing Minds Young Filmmaker Festival, made up of winning submissions from its long-running Changing Minds initiative.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
4 Jan. 2026
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Watch the compilation above to see four stepdads experience life-changing moments of love and belonging.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Made from recycled polyester and spandex, the crepe fabric has a waterfall effect that drapes oh-so-perfectly from the waist down.—
Anne Taylor,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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Zaful Women’s Sweater This tunic has drop shoulders and a side-split hem that drapes nicely over leggings for casual outings or dress pants for office days.—
Cheryl Wagemann,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Alternate names for January’s full moon are the Cold Moon, Frost Exploding Moon, Severe Moon and Hard Moon, according to the almanac’s website.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Jan. 2026
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The conspicuous spelling of Kalendar points to John Evelyn’s Kalendarium Hortense, a gardener’s almanac in the classical tradition of Hesiod’s Works and Days and Cato’s De Re Rustica.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
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The half-mile-long slackline was strung across Telegraph Canyon, a recreational area located near Superior, Arizona, about 60 miles east of Phoenix in the Sonoran Desert.—
Outside,
Outside,
5 Jan. 2026
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Recreational slacklining can refer to balancing atop or doing tricks on a narrow webbing that is strung between two points, such as trees, according to the International Slackline Association.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
3 Jan. 2026
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The anthology series, which has garnered accolades at the New York Festivals Radio Awards and the Irish Podcast Awards, was brought to the stage with a live show at the London Podcast Festival in 2022 and a second live show in Dublin in 2023.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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The next chapter in Murphy’s anthology will examine the infamous American crime, trial and aftermath.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The Conch Bar Caves, on Middle Caicos, are among the biggest subterranean systems, a sinuous network festooned with stalactites and stalagmites.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Topping off this defensive cloak is an unruly yet exquisitely conceived mesh of wires, festooned with a kaleidoscopic phalanx of buttons.—
Alex Jovanovich,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Collective humanity is also at the heart of the installation My Mommy is Beautiful (2004), where visitors can write thoughts about or pin photographs of their mothers.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Some Republican lawmakers have made Mamdani an attack line in their criticism of Jeffries and Schumer amid the shutdown, trying to pin the impasse on pressure from the Democrats' left flank.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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The wreath’s poppies are mounted on an arrangement of black leaves, following tradition for the sovereign, and its ribbon bears the King’s racing colors of scarlet, purple and gold.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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With only weeks until Thanksgiving, travelers nationwide face mounting uncertainty and dwindling options as flight cancellations deepen across the country.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Garland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garland. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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