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
Underneath the water, colorful pebbles create a walkable mosaic.
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Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026
Najash’s is also an outlier because its skull is a mosaic of both lizard-like and snake-like features.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
In July 2024, researchers reported an ornate underwater mosaic/opus sectile floor linked to a Roman villa within the submerged archaeological park, highlighting the town’s elite architecture and expensive decorative techniques.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
Its 300-megapixel camera can capture regions of sky about 100 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope’s field of view while maintaining comparable sharpness – like switching from studying individual tiles to surveying the entire mosaic at once.
—Grant Tremblay, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
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Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026
Najash’s is also an outlier because its skull is a mosaic of both lizard-like and snake-like features.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
In July 2024, researchers reported an ornate underwater mosaic/opus sectile floor linked to a Roman villa within the submerged archaeological park, highlighting the town’s elite architecture and expensive decorative techniques.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
Its 300-megapixel camera can capture regions of sky about 100 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope’s field of view while maintaining comparable sharpness – like switching from studying individual tiles to surveying the entire mosaic at once.
—Grant Tremblay, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mosaic
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The blurred forms convey both chaos and harmony, transforming the flock into a living tapestry of light and energy.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Accessories include one-of-a-kind pouch-like bags made from a piece of tapestry framed by handmade macramé details.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
26 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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In practice, that meant something similar to his past records—fragments of human voices breaking through collages of tape loops and glitchy errata, warmed by colorful sequences of alien synth work.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
28 Jan. 2026
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Bad Bunny would marshal this attitude, along with his unique musical fusions and clever lyrics, to continue to push the envelope.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
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The track — part of his forthcoming album BarrioKandela (out March 20 via Stonetree Records) — merges alt-fusion hip-hop with sacred rituals, honoring the preparation of cacao.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
24 Jan. 2026
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In fact, materials scientists have demonstrated this armor to be stronger than the shells of most other mollusks, and even structurally complex in ways that rival advanced synthetic composites.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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That, along with his pedigree as a former top-two quarterback prospect of his class, according to 247Sports' composite, led to a tremendous amount of preseason hype for Klubnik and the Tigers.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Mosaic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mosaic. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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