montage

noun

män-ˈtäzh How to pronounce montage (audio)
Definition of montagenext
as in collage
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things my memories of the childhood trip are a montage of the sights, smells, and sounds of India

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Recent Examples of montage There were some wardrobe changes, a few pyrotechnic displays and a couple of nostalgic video montages. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 12 July 2026 One video posted last November featured a montage that captured his quick wit, earning 7 million TikTok views. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 11 July 2026 After the shooting, police found a montage of photos of the Parkland school shooter in the teen’s room. — Devon M. Sayers, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 The lights dimmed and a montage of clips from Contreras’ career played on TV screens. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for montage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for montage
  1. collage
  2. medley
  3. assortment
  4. jumble
  5. variety
Noun
  • 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
Definition of collage
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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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  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of jumble
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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