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amalgam

[uh-mal-guhm] / əˈmæl gəm /


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They have a vast travelling army with them and millions more at home, a strange amalgam of positivity and anxiety, belief and fear.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

“As most fiction, it is a composite, an amalgam of personal experience, research and my fertile, overactive imagination,” Raicek said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Nations meeting in Geneva agreed "to end the use of dental amalgam by 2034, marking a historic milestone in reducing mercury pollution", the conference announced in its closing statement.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

The look of the university is an amalgam of Italian, Moorish and American architectural styles, with a blending of materials such as plaster, cooper and wood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025

Few spoke English, and the lingua franca was an amalgam of many tongues known as Fanagalo.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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