amalgam

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A beatnik radio host caught the Mets bug and praised baseball as a “kind of amalgam of all the human frustrations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Nations meeting in Geneva agreed "to end the use of dental amalgam by 2034, marking a historic milestone in reducing mercury pollution", the conference announced in its closing statement.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Last month, an amalgam of Celtic fans' groups called the Celtic Fan Collective had a meeting with some key people at the club and they asked if Rodgers had the final say on all players.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

It was depressing, that fake tuna, the best on the market but still a vaguely unsavory amalgam of fish paste and seaweed powder — nothing like the tuna she remembered.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

They are a nocturnal amalgam of social event and business meeting.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern