mə-ˈnaj-rē
as in assortment
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
the living room is eclectically furnished with a menagerie of garage-sale finds
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Recent Examples of menagerie
But my favorite of all is my menagerie of perfumes.
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Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 5 Jan. 2026
Antonovich now has a growing menagerie of both hybrid acoustic-digital and fully digital accordions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Jan. 2026
For much of the latter part of her life, Bardot lived alone behind high walls in Saint-Tropez, surrounded by a menagerie of cats, dogs and horses.
—Ingrid Melander, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
Want to get a closer look at the diverse menagerie of worlds populating our solar system?
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Dec. 2025
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Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 5 Jan. 2026
Antonovich now has a growing menagerie of both hybrid acoustic-digital and fully digital accordions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Jan. 2026
For much of the latter part of her life, Bardot lived alone behind high walls in Saint-Tropez, surrounded by a menagerie of cats, dogs and horses.
—Ingrid Melander, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
Want to get a closer look at the diverse menagerie of worlds populating our solar system?
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for menagerie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for menagerie
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The Who’s Next trade show continued to spread its wings, leaning further into demand for broader assortments as retailers seek opportunities to up the lifestyle quotient in stores and cultivate a community vibe that brings consumers back time after time.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
26 Jan. 2026
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In states like Florida that have robust school-choice programs, funding is beginning to follow students to a much wider assortment of learning environments.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The result also spotlights conference championships’ awkward fit in the current system, particularly given the fact that conference expansion has led to jumbles atop each league’s standings.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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What a great variety of stories and advertising.—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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Davies’s direction reflects the variety of threads on which the movie’s subjectivity is based; one of the film’s most striking scenes occurs in the brothers’ absence.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Like last year, all eight nominees in the Best New Artist category will collaborate on a medley.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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This year’s nominees for best new artist—Olivia Dean, Katseye, the Marías, Addison Rae, Sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren, and Lola Young—will all be performing a medley, continuing a beloved tradition that began last year.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
1 Feb. 2026
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The show features 52 images from the museum’s collection dating from 1860 to 1940, all of which were devised using collage or montage.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Roseman had arranged the personnel of the NFL’s top four teams along his wall in a collage intended for comparison.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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