congeries

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My own are his pansy collages, tightly packed, edge-to-edge congeries of overlapping floral faces that give off a bright radiance as well as well as a sense of menacing, staring eyes.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

The sixties may be just another decade, but The Sixties are something more – a mood, a state of mind, a way of life, a congeries of sounds and images.

From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2018

Though Spencer came up with the term, it has come to define a broader congeries of reaction.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2016

Twitter became a weird congeries of protest updates and jokes about Smee.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 5, 2014

Sum total, we had not the slightest acquaintance with any of that congeries of winding turns, sudden tricks, and baffling surprises.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various