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as in assortment
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
the box from the attic contained a miscellany of old records, family photo albums, and long-forgotten love letters
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as in compilation
a collection of writings
the volume is a miscellany of tales and legends of the New England coast
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Every autumn these publications arrive with their eclectic mix of miscellany and lore.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
And, of course, there were White and Lawrence, knowledgeable, opinionated, delighting in miscellanies.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
The walls are covered with yesteryear gig flyers and band promo photos, random objects ranging tribal masks to skateboard decks -- all sorts of funky miscellany.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 1 Sep. 2023
But there was also miscellany: A paragraph on the Odd Fellowship in the United States immediately precedes a summary of the Gold Yield of the Country and assorted figures related to the Caribbean island St. Thomas.
—Jonathan Malesic, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
And, of course, there were White and Lawrence, knowledgeable, opinionated, delighting in miscellanies.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
The walls are covered with yesteryear gig flyers and band promo photos, random objects ranging tribal masks to skateboard decks -- all sorts of funky miscellany.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 1 Sep. 2023
But there was also miscellany: A paragraph on the Odd Fellowship in the United States immediately precedes a summary of the Gold Yield of the Country and assorted figures related to the Caribbean island St. Thomas.
—Jonathan Malesic, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
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