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
Those intensive collages implied, and even staged, his successive incarnations across six decades of musical self-reinvention.
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Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Jangly guitars and vaporwave sample collages shiver and burst, while Ritchie raps with an improvisational sensibility.
—Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
She’s traveled to Slovenia, Latvia, Portugal, Germany and Mallorca since moving to Sweden, making collages of her photographs for family and friends and writing a children’s book inspired by her grandchildren.
—Cnn, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
Thomas McKean is a New York City artist known for his elaborate MetroCard collages and sculptures.
—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 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
Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Jangly guitars and vaporwave sample collages shiver and burst, while Ritchie raps with an improvisational sensibility.
—Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
She’s traveled to Slovenia, Latvia, Portugal, Germany and Mallorca since moving to Sweden, making collages of her photographs for family and friends and writing a children’s book inspired by her grandchildren.
—Cnn, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
Thomas McKean is a New York City artist known for his elaborate MetroCard collages and sculptures.
—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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collages
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Following the ceremony, invited guests and media will tour the store, explore exclusive product assortments, and capture visuals throughout the flagship space, including dedicated brand and athlete areas.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Its proprietary planner, then, aims to replace the traditionally tedious, labor-intensive methods for aggregating seasonal assortments across brands.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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Minute Maid's frozen juices - including several varieties of orange juice, lemonade and limeade - will be discontinued by April, with inventory available while supplies last, Coca-Cola said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Other varieties include a fun skirt with a threadbare T-shirt, or Brandy Melville basics offset by aggressively A-lister sunglasses.—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2026
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While further details on how the segment will work were not immediately available, awards shows often have multi-artist performances delivered as tight medleys, although eight is a lot.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Kings honored Westbrook with a series of video montages during Wednesday’s game.—
HECTOR AMEZCUA,
Sacbee.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Bone Temple is in many ways a more conventional film than 28 Years Later; DaCosta thankfully doesn’t try to re-create the herky-jerky rhythms and mixed-media montages of Boyle’s picture.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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Still, the organization found the ordinance change lacking, especially for those whose pets have unplanned litters.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In fact, one single mouse can give birth to five to 10 litters a year, with each litter consisting of six to eight mice.—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
25 Jan. 2026
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There are a few patchworks, a few mistakes, and this is what this body’s showing.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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