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sceneries

noun

plural of scenery
as in decors
the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production the musical was worth seeing just for the elaborate scenery

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Recent Examples of sceneries Here, the contrast of sea and stone creates some of the most striking coastal sceneries in the Mediterranean. — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
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  1. decors
  2. scenes
  3. sets
Noun
  • The soft organic stretchy cotton is pediatrician recommended for sensitive skin, and the thoughtful designs will look great in a variety of nursery decors.
    — DeVonne Goode, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The pearl color matches most home decors.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of decors
Noun
  • Having to balance coverage of this unimaginable tragedy with more typical Housewives scenes is a remarkably tricky balancing act, but one that the show handles well.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Those scenes play as if the screenwriters gave up on trying to resolve the twisty plot, instead just making their characters tell all, leaving the film’s denouement much less engrossing than its setup.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of scenes
Noun
  • To follow their recipe (which, the mathematicians note, is heavily adapted from a 2019 result by Gao and two colleagues), start with two sets of vertices without edges.
    — Paulina Rowińska, Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The 30-piece toy sets include 2-inch figures that contain magnets in the hands and feet, which can be detached and swallowed.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of sets

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“Sceneries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sceneries. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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