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Recent Examples of miscellany Ashmole also tried his hand at poetry, and the miscellany even contains a few of his pieces. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025 The long-standing curse of the new-music concert is a tendency toward miscellany. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 To our modern sensibilities, cabinets of curiosities may seem like random miscellanies lacking any real order. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025 Yet this long, obscure miscellany turned out to be a garland of little gems. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for miscellany
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Noun
  • Naveena Denim Mills’ new Lume collection, featuring luxurious silk blends, is drawing interest from brands aiming to enhance their denim assortments with elevated comfort, eco-conscious materials, and refined aesthetics.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 June 2025
  • Published on June 18, 2025 By Mark Ellwood From Napa Valley to Naples to near London, this week’s assortment from The Vault is a world-class, world-spanning collection.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • In the United Kingdom — where The Beatles got off to a fantastic start before taking over the world — the group’s presence can always be felt on the charts via a handful of compilations.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Earlier this month, All Things Go announced the first installment of its forthcoming benefit compilation, with 100% of the proceeds going to their longtime collaborators at The Ally Coalition (TAC), a leading nonprofit dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ youth, founded by Jack and Rachel Antonoff.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Hamilton’s Cast Reunion at the Tony Awards Consumption of the Hamilton cast recording exploded following it being highlighted via a medley of songs performed during the 2025 Tony Awards.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Mary’s get their bite from a seedy medley (including sunflower, pumpkin, flax, sesame, and poppy seeds) that imparts an earthy taste and serious body.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • American Love Story is the latest in Murphy’s American Story anthology series, following American Horror Story, American Crime Story and American Sports Story.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 19 June 2025
  • June 17, 2025 HBO’s buzzy, satirical murder dramedy (rich-people mystery anthology?
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.
    Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
  • Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • So unless Guerin has something unforeseen up his sleeve to add a center via trade, their best option could be in Tuesday’s opening of free agency, though the options remaining there aren’t exactly of the top-six variety.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • The loss of these vulnerable birds would greatly reduce the variety of avian sizes and shapes and would harm ecosystems as well as humans that depend on unique birds for vital ecosystem functions.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The images were created using a collage technique, combining gouache and acrylic paint on vintage gardening book paper, then arranged on archival cotton board.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
  • In My Mother and Eye, 2025, a sweeping Public Art Fund project installed in bus shelters across New York City, Boston, and Chicago, eleven discrete photographic collages plumb this intangible meeting point.
    Jessica Simmons-Reid, Artforum, 1 June 2025

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“Miscellany.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscellany. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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