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smorgasbord

[smawr-guhs-bawrd, -bohrd, shmawr-] / ˈsmɔr gəsˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd, ˈʃmɔr- /
NOUN
buffet-style food
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


NOUN
miscellany of food
Synonyms


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The human-headed fly in the ointment is the island itself, which is a supernatural smorgasbord, mostly quiet but waking up just in time to meet the visitors.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2026

The ambitious action-adventure's been compared to a buffet, presenting players with a smorgasbord of ideas, gameplay styles and quests to gorge on.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2026

Only much later would I realize that it wasn’t so much a smorgasbord of vendors as it was the Gorgon Medusa: When one head is removed, more sprout in its place.

From Slate Jan. 13, 2026

Troops are experimenting with a smorgasbord of buzzing, flying machines—launching more than 600 flights over two weeks during the exercises—and layering them through the depth of the battlefield.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 13, 2025

We pass rapidly from one object to another, sampling them like dishes in a smorgasbord.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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