congeries

Definition of congeriesnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congeries
Noun
  • Geneva’s current police station is located just off the Fox River at 20 Police Plaza, and is a conglomeration of three buildings built in 1915, 1953 and 1987, according to the city.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • That is not always the case in a 300,000-person conglomerate.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Shares in the developer, which is majority owned by Global 500 conglomerate Jardine Matheson, have doubled in value over the past 12 months.
    Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Smaller model, faster robots The headline release includes what Alibaba calls the industry’s first 30-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts embodied AI model.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
  • There is no precedent for such an intense mixture anywhere in New York City.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • But the movie, directed by music-video filmmaker Aidan Zamiri, is a hodgepodge of tones and genres that doesn’t hold together at all.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
  • As always, the gala remained one of the preeminent Hollywood people-watching spots of the season, upholding its tradition as a glorious hodgepodge of stars from across film, TV, music and sports.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The neutral design appeals to people of all genders and with a motley of styles.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
  • This week’s foe, Tennessee, is almost as motley.
    Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • His solo music is a much looser affair, a potpourri of ideas that seem concurrently unintuitive and completely natural.
    Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2025
  • There should also be no kissing under the mistletoe for dog owners as this festive plant is poisonous to dogs, along with poinsettia, holly, ivy, and potpourri.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • This list includes a wide mix of cities from small towns to big cities.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • And the way to clear that bar is finding the right combinations, the best complementary skill sets, the best chemistry mix.
    Arpon Basu, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Congeries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeries. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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