congeries

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congeries
Noun
  • Compared to their forerunners in the tsarist era, with their party congresses held abroad, their executive committees, and their active recruitment in imperial Russia’s universities, Soviet dissidents remained a comparatively small and informal conglomeration of activists.
    Benjamin Nathans September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Data centers are conglomerations of warehouses storing thousands of computer servers.
    Sarah Henry, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Smiths break-up marks the end of an era in which conglomerates dominated the ranks of Britain’s biggest companies.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Related Stories Of course, a Paramount-WBD merger would undoubtedly include a massive tranche of layoffs, as a union of the two conglomerates would reduce corporate overhead and would consolidate functions across studios, TV and streaming operations.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Coat the bottom in a sweet chocolate mixture for an even more indulgent treat.
    Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Let the mixture sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • This is not a dusty collection or hodgepodge of Gold Rush artifacts placed around a xeriscape.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • One of 2022’s most exciting debuts and produced by the animation studio MAPPA, the anime is a hodgepodge of demonic violence, crude humor, and speculative fiction.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her goal is to start a women’s consciousness-raising group, and her efforts have brought together a motley, inquisitive quintet.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.
    Rudy Lee, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • For a sweet-smelling fall centerpiece, add potpourri of your choice.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Fall potpourri is a delight to have around the house in the cozy autumn months.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Defeats and disappointment were likely to be part of the mix alongside the winning feeling that everyone connected with Wrexham has got so used to since Parkinson took charge.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Passmore explains the mix of personal reflection and historical storytelling in the book which follows the main character, a version of himself, time-traveling through a century of the Black radical tradition.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Congeries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeries. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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