miscellany
Example Sentences
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The word “anthology” comes from the Greek for “gathering of flowers”—that is, a miscellany.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
The festival further hosts multimedia projects, lakeside tango, children’s programs and other miscellany events.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
Dr Veronese found the sonnet featured in a miscellany - a type of manuscript which contains a selection of texts from different authors on various subjects - stored at the Bodleian Library.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025
The House released a negotiated short-term government funding bill this week, and a number of year-end priorities on health care, agriculture, and other miscellany were tacked on.
From Slate • Dec. 21, 2024
Cora understood why—after the town deducted for food, housing, and miscellany like upkeep on the dormitories and schoolbooks, there was little left.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Vocabulary lists containing miscellany
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Intermediate, List 6
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