as in assortments
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
my scrapbook is just a collage of articles, pictures, cartoons, and observations that I have deemed worth saving
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Recent Examples of collages
Thomas McKean is a New York City artist known for his elaborate MetroCard collages and sculptures.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Flat has never felt so deep as in her meticulous drawings, paintings, and collages.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
That technique resulted in otherworldly sound collages that expand and contract like a creaky door in humid weather.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2025
Joan has a way of creating the dreamiest collages.
—Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
That quality is as present as ever here, and lately van Rij has started making collages out of her photographs, so the images containing multiple layers are themselves laid atop one another.
—Sarah Van Rij, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2025
The similarly sized, but irregularly shaped, collages are visually complex.
—Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
The question of cultural memory—and its theft—is raised in a series of collages that accompany the film, in which images of West African sculptures are rent apart—as if blown up by the explosive violence of colonialism—and cobbled back together with images and text from European art catalogues.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
In the comments of Kelly’s TikTok, fans made side-by-side collages of baby Sidney and Ozzy, calling them twins.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collages
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However, increased sourcing diversification across different regions can pose a risk to quality and consistency across denim assortments.—
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For consumers, the near-term impact will likely mean tighter assortments on the shelf, fewer niche flavors and package variations, but more emphasis on crowd-pleasing core products.—
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The result also spotlights conference championships’ awkward fit in the current system, particularly given the fact that conference expansion has led to jumbles atop each league’s standings.—
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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.—
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The farm in the mountains south of Fayetteville grows nine different varieties of lettuce, including red and green varieties of Bibb, Oakleaf and Sweet Crisp lettuces, romaine, arugula, kale, bok choy, microgreens, as well as herbs like basil, thyme and oregano.—
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Of the recent vintages made with the five varieties, his favorite is 2020.—
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Here, she's seen performing on her variety show, which featured a number of famous guests and her own musical medleys.—
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A lot of those songs wind up in the polka medleys.—
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Several of Scherzinger’s posts this week have featured romantic moments in a series of video montages from their trip.—
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During the night, two montages showed clips from Parker’s career — the first dedicated to roles other than Carrie Bradshaw, the second all about Carrie.—
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This often leads to a cleaner area around the box, with fewer stray particles spreading through the home compared with some higher-tracking litters.—
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Not much is known about JuneBug’s past, but Coukart believes she was dumped after breeding multiple litters.—
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There are a few patchworks, a few mistakes, and this is what this body’s showing.—
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“Collages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collages. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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