as in compilations
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 garlands
Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
Dust off your fake cobwebs and sparkly garlands, but don’t forget to level up your Halloween Squishmallows collection, too.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
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 Aug. 2025
Verb
The set comes with seven pumpkins in a variety of shapes and sizes to line up across the mantel, and can easily stand alone or be added to a full display with garlands and candles.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
Dust off your fake cobwebs and sparkly garlands, but don’t forget to level up your Halloween Squishmallows collection, too.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
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 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garlands
Noun
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Based on a manga, the action-fantasy show has around since 2019 and spread its rollout across four seasons and a handful of theatrical releases (both original films and episode compilations).—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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For prompting strategies to invoke personas, see my compilations at the link here and the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Union Jacks flap gently in the breeze; a golden slither of evening sun drapes a row of cottages; a red postbox, still bearing the initials of the late Queen, stands outside a village church, bathed in the fading light.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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Sexy shows up in a blazer cut to perfection, a slip dress that drapes just right, or a monochrome moment that turns simplicity into a statement.—
Karissa Mitchell,
Essence,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There are bookshelves teeming with dog-eared paperbacks, imposing hardbacks, critical anthologies, story collections, art books; my writer is also a reader, and a voracious one at that.—
Katie da Cunha Lewin
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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This was made back when horror anthologies were all the rage, and King was at the center of them.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Garlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garlands. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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