as in medleys
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 menageries
In later centuries, Barbary lions were gifted between royal courts, kept in menageries, and even depicted on national emblems — as in the coat of arms of Morocco and the United Kingdom.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for menageries
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While further details on how the segment will work were not immediately available, awards shows often have multi-artist performances delivered as tight medleys, although eight is a lot.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
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Here, she's seen performing on her variety show, which featured a number of famous guests and her own musical medleys.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Ulta Beauty, Target and Walmart are leaning into wellness, each kicking off 2026 with sweeping additions to their respective assortments and, in the case of Ulta, a wellness shop-in-shop redesign.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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This is reshaping assortments, replenishment, staffing, and storytelling in real time.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Starbucks Coffee Pods Restock your coffee bar with Starbucks K-Cup Coffee Pods in Pike Place, Sumatra, and French Roast varieties.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
29 Jan. 2026
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But when portions are the same, calories, fiber, and micronutrients are very similar between different oatmeal varieties.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
28 Jan. 2026
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Those intensive collages implied, and even staged, his successive incarnations across six decades of musical self-reinvention.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Jangly guitars and vaporwave sample collages shiver and burst, while Ritchie raps with an improvisational sensibility.—
Benny Sun,
Pitchfork,
29 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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In fact, one single mouse can give birth to five to 10 litters a year, with each litter consisting of six to eight mice.—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
25 Jan. 2026
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During the foster season, officials move captive pups into existing litters where they can be mothered by wild wolves.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Rivers running from Grenada's volcanic interior down to the coast carve waterfalls into the island's lush jungles.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Jan. 2026
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From the harsh climates of the Arctic tundra to the lush jungles of South America and the uncharted depths of the ocean, the series unveils the natural world's most captivating wonders across 11 episodes, each providing a behind-the-scenes peek into its production challenges.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Menageries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/menageries. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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