mosaic

noun

Definition of mosaicnext
as in tapestry
something made up of a variety of different things, people, etc. Immigrants from all corners of the globe have contributed to the city's complex cultural mosaic.

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Recent Examples of mosaic First, a co-located workforce is structurally simpler to transform than a complex mosaic of external, global vendors. — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 For Warsh, all of these data points, plus others from various agencies, present a complicated mosaic that his task forces will have to sift through. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 July 2026 Still, the embryos frequently ended up as mosaics, STAT’s Andrew Joseph and Megan Molteni write, with a mix of edited and unedited cells. — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 26 June 2026 La Duna Gallery features oil paintings and glass mosaics by owners John and Dana Maher. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mosaic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mosaic
  1. tapestry
  2. collage
  3. fusion
  4. composite
Noun
  • The tapestry of nationalities that make up this country were able to support their teams in the greatest sporting event on Earth.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Many in France and elsewhere have objected to the tapestry’s removal from the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux in Normandy, where it has been exhibited since 1983.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of tapestry
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
  • Colorful fish ponds frame the mahogany open-air dining room—there's a fine-dining menu of Bajan, African, and European fusion feasts.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
  • This binary consists of a pre-main-sequence star that has gathered mass but hasn't yet triggered the fusion of hydrogen to helium in its core, and its companion, a red dwarf star.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of fusion
Noun
  • Jones argues that the standard template many people imagine when picturing a dragon—wings, reptilian scales, and sharp teeth—is a kind of composite of humanity’s earliest predators.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
  • It is increasingly used in composites, coatings, electronics, batteries, and energy storage technologies.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of composite

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