congeries

Example Sentences

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A novel loosely holding together distinct histories and temporalities effectively dramatizes a society that is a congeries of ancient and new, old lore and tradition bumping up against thoroughly modern ambitions and expertise.

From The New Yorker

Does that justify corporate managers spending ever-shifting congeries of their shareholders’ money, without consulting them, on political campaign contributions and ads to sway citizens’ decisions about which officials should regulate the corporations themselves?

From Salon

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

The first, titled “The Book,” describes a strange bookshop, a “congeries/ Of crumbling elder lore.”

From Washington Post

In recent years the Republicans have hardened into a faction, by which I mean a congeries of population groups who define themselves primarily as the adversaries of Democrats.

From The Guardian