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Recent Examples of smorgasbord TikTok users know and love the multi-colored smorgasbords that are dense bean salads. Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025 At the Slim Jim booth a few feet away, a bunch of people in blazers gathered around a smorgasbord of meat sticks. Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025 This eccentric novel—by turns a workplace comedy, a philosophical inquisition, and a smorgasbord of bodily horror—is given life by Larraquy’s electric prose and by the merciless passions of his characters. The Atlantic, 15 May 2025 King is a sure-fire starter at center, but the combination of the new staff and a smorgasbord of young talent leaves question marks at four of the five positions on the offensive line. Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for smorgasbord
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Noun
  • So unless Guerin has something unforeseen up his sleeve to add a center via trade, their best option could be in Tuesday’s opening of free agency, though the options remaining there aren’t exactly of the top-six variety.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • Other varieties provide additional design elements such as interesting bark, colorful fruits, and fabulous fall foliage to enhance the garden all year long.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The challenge right now is to synchronize and systematize data collection and reporting such that meeting the current assortment of local, national and international requirements does not create an undue strain on the core business or leave that business open to risk of non-compliance.
    Mary Foley, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The assortment was developed in tandem with the Nordstrom team with Shanker carefully considering which of her brands made sense to showcase in a new larger setting.
    Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Hamilton’s Cast Reunion at the Tony Awards Consumption of the Hamilton cast recording exploded following it being highlighted via a medley of songs performed during the 2025 Tony Awards.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Mary’s get their bite from a seedy medley (including sunflower, pumpkin, flax, sesame, and poppy seeds) that imparts an earthy taste and serious body.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.
    Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
  • Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Smorgasbord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smorgasbord. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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