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
Photo: Gieves Anderson Of course, mosaics haven’t always been met with such enthusiasm.
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Sarah Wood González, Vogue, 27 May 2025
His session began with gorgeous visuals—fractal patterns that reminded him of mosaics in a mosque.
—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
This list — a mosaic of several friends’ date-night ideas — was my salvation.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2025
The mosaics date from that time, and the interior also boasts Classical columns plundered from other buildings, although it’s encased in a Neoclassical facade built in the 1700s.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Wood González, Vogue, 27 May 2025
His session began with gorgeous visuals—fractal patterns that reminded him of mosaics in a mosque.
—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
This list — a mosaic of several friends’ date-night ideas — was my salvation.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2025
The mosaics date from that time, and the interior also boasts Classical columns plundered from other buildings, although it’s encased in a Neoclassical facade built in the 1700s.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mosaic
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To make the most of the sunshine and tie-dye a shirt, bag, tapestry, or towel, let the item soak in a mixture of soda ash and warm water for one hour.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2025
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This season, felines are a recurring motif, with cats appliquéd on shirts or embroidered on tapestry jackets.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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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
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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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En bref, Paris has mastered post-Olympic fusion tourism.—
Blythe Lawrence,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The brothers kept up their semi-digitized fusion of cadence-lypso and jing-ping (a kind of Dominican folk music), playing tea parties across the island.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
27 June 2025
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The Dow Jones industrial average dipped 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.1%.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025
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Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.3% lower.—
Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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“Mosaic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mosaic. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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