kaleidoscope

noun

Definition of kaleidoscopenext
1
as in phantasmagoria

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2
as in panorama

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Recent Examples of kaleidoscope This playful nursery rug from the late Iris Apfel’s collection features a kaleidoscope of insects sure to spark your kid’s imagination. — Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2026 Included in your stay are two beers from the lower-level brewery, a lofted kaleidoscope of a spot that brews Ringling Original, a light beer crafted from a secret recipe unearthed in the brewery’s floorboards. — Midwest Living, 11 June 2026 There’s no actual metal on Pareidolia, just fragments that Muir has excavated from metal’s marginalia and spun into what resembles a kaleidoscope filled with black beads. — Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 8 June 2026 Rhys gave a kaleidoscope of options depicting the miniseries’ most unexpected act of violence, revealed in the fourth episode. — Emma Fraser, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for kaleidoscope
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kaleidoscope
  1. phantasmagoria
  2. panorama
  3. assortment
  4. montage
  5. trove
  6. drama
  7. treasure trove
  8. treasure
Noun
  • The production at the Winter Garden Theatre, starring Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf, unfolds in a surreal garage space, where Willy Loman parks his car after returning from an aborted sales trip and a phantasmagoria of his exhausted life plays out around him.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • More than ever before, Industry is a high-low phantasmagoria of decadence, amorality, and vice set in the pressure cooker of international finance.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of phantasmagoria
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  • At the top of the residence, a rooftop deck offers 360-degree panoramas stretching from the Santa Monica Pier and Catalina Island to the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2026
  • Corridors lead to unexpected courtyards, and staircases open to ocean panoramas.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026
Definition of panorama
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  • And The Agentic Economy From demand forecasting and assortment planning to pricing, recommendations and inventory optimization, AI is accelerating and sharpening decision-making across the aftermarket.
    — Anan Bishara, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The reindeer live on the Ritter farm with an assortment of other animals, the stars of her petting zoo.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Definition of assortment
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  • Prince also brought his own clothes for Jess to model during a fashion montage in the episode.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
  • The documentary utilizes a montage of vintage footage with animation and felt puppets of band members, and, having played the festivals, is due for national release sometime in 2026.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 July 2026
Definition of montage
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  • A couple of days before the traveling youth players walked through the halls of the 35-year-old trove of history, Kendrick took Rose and his family on a smaller tour.
    — Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • Van Cleef & Arpels designs have long been part of Queen Camilla’s jewelry trove.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
Definition of trove
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  • Season 2, out now, improves upon the first, offering even more land feuds, scheming, family drama, and suspense.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 23 July 2026
  • That had come out somewhere in between the baby drama and the daddy-ramming drama.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 23 July 2026
Definition of drama
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  • The Clark Art Institute, a treasure trove of Western art, opened in the scenic Berkshire Mountains in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1955.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026
  • Vintage shops and thrift stores can be treasure troves for all sorts of odds and ends to fill any space of the house—especially because vintage decor is having a major moment right now.
    — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2026
Definition of treasure trove
Noun
  • Symbolism Historically, dragon-slaying stories portrayed the treasure hoard as the ultimate test of a hero’s character.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • Indonesia has intensified efforts in recent years to track down cultural treasures scattered abroad through colonial-era collecting, theft and illicit trafficking, including from the Netherlands, which colonized Indonesia for centuries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of treasure

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