congeries

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congeries
Noun
  • There is horizontal integration in some UnitedHealth acquisitions, vertical integration in others and some that seem simple conglomeration.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Thompson: Alderman is sort of a conglomeration of five or six mathematicians, two in particular, in the mid-70’s in America, who were working on this idea of public key cryptography.
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Over the ensuing decades, a handful of conglomerates came to dominate the American whiskey industry, acquiring smaller family-run distilleries at a rapid pace.
    Made by History, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
  • According to the Wall Street Journal, both Cosco Shipping and Chinese conglomerate China Merchants Group have begun informal talks with Hutchison to take over some of the ports should the BlackRock deal fail.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Once the mixture is combined, stop the blender and scrape down the sides if necessary. 4.
    Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • If necessary, add more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, until mixture is slightly sticky, up to 1/4 cup total.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Baker also leads the orchestra, which sounds grand — although the sound in the arts center’s Pugh Theater often left musicians, lead singers and chorus all at the same level, with actors speaking over all of it at the same time to create a sonic jumble.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The West Facility started as the communicable disease facility, but has since mushroomed into a hodgepodge of ailing people, difficult to handle detainees and a number of dorm units that were recently expanded.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Acoustic Sounds occupies a hodgepodge of squat industrial buildings in Salina, a city of about 50,000 near the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states, where grain elevators and a gigantic frozen pizza plant jut out from the flat plains landscape.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Mar. 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
  • The Wellness Sanctuary is also the place to join a variety of classes from tai chi to forest bathing or Thai potpourri making.
    Emese Maczko, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • There’s a touch of toasted oak and a light floral potpourri fragrance.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Gregory Border 30 $170 at Amazon The Border 30 feels like a mix between the Ruckpack and the Allpa.
    Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
  • McKenna comes back to hurt Chelsea Wind the clock back to when Chelsea were looking for Mauricio Pochettino’s replacement as head coach last spring and Kieran McKenna’s name was firmly in the mix.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Congeries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeries. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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