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menagerie

[muh-naj-uh-ree, -nazh-] / məˈnædʒ ə ri, -ˈnæʒ- /


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The menagerie at the Department of Health and Human Services keeps getting stranger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

His fake menagerie has become a popular roadside attraction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

For Churchill, an avid collector of rare and exotic animals, the platypus's intrigue only made him more desperate to have one – or six – for his menagerie.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

This pageant of puppetry includes a flutter of butterflies, a goat with a plaintive bleat, a menagerie of wild animals and, at one point, a school of glowing fish.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

I secure Bobo’s door and slip into the connection, the roofless canvas tunnel that joins the menagerie to the big top.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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