Thesaurus results for MISCELLANY

miscellany

noun

ˈmi-sə-ˌlā-nē

Definition of miscellany

as in assortment

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things the box from the attic contained a miscellany of old records, family photo albums, and long-forgotten love letters

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as in compilation

a collection of writings the volume is a miscellany of tales and legends of the New England coast

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Recent Examples of miscellany 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 In what is essentially a fictionalized account of the real lives of a miscellany of 20th-century scientific giants (some famous, some less so), Labatut wades through the murky waters of human genius, finding there the darker implications of discovery, for society and scientist alike. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 11 May 2020 See All Example Sentences for miscellany

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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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The Diamond Collection, his greatest-hits compilation, has reached 130 weeks.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
On Sunday, the Guardians essentially created a compilation video for Little League coaches to show their kids, a crash course in fumbling the fundamentals.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of compilation

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First, Christmas carolers came out and performed a medley to cultivate a Yuletide spirit on a balmy 80-degree afternoon.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 July 2026
Set on a stage at the very highest level of the stands, that similarly crowded performance looked like a Grammys medley on video but must have resembled ants scurrying around a screensaver to much of the in-person audience.

— Judy Berman, Time, 19 July 2026

Definition of medley

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The anthology feature, produced by Fable and directed by Zack London (better known as Gossip Goblin), extends the creator's existing science fiction universe, the Second Cycle of Humanity, into theaters.

— Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Since 2017, Hebden has built up a tidy discography of sub rosa loosies and EPs under the alias, and even snuck out an ultra-limited vinyl anthology of them in 2021; some of those tracks first surfaced on the Four Tet album Parallel, in 2020.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026

Definition of anthology

Noun

Instead of choosing one flavor of pre-packaged candy, Swedish supermarkets and candy stores have a variety of bins full of sweets for shoppers to pluck from.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
Today, some bright spots aside, the Art Deco District’s historic commercial spine is a drab length of vacant and unkempt storefronts, smoke shops, liquor stores, fast-food outlets, cheap T-shirt emporia and other varieties of tourist trap.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of variety

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The tarot is a full 78-card deck, with each card an original work of art, usually a composite of gouache painting and collage/lithography.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Hanging above a 19th-century Swedish-oak trestle table sourced from Adam Lloyd is a framed hand-cut paper collage by Lena Wolff.

— Genevieve Walker, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026

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