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menagerie

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


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Over the years Mr. Woodward has assembled a vast menagerie of undisclosed sources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

For its technical team, "Wildwood" marks a milestone in terms of the expressions created, and the menagerie of animals featured.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

The author said he moved to his new home in West Sussex because it had land for his "huge and expanding menagerie", and was quiet.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The office belonged to head coach Sean McVay, and now it features walls painted pink and light blue and a crib, a changing table and a menagerie of stuffed animals.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

After Uncle Al has made his selections, our workmen tear down all of the other circus’s tents except for the stable and menagerie.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Wealthy rulers throughout history, from Carlos III of Spain to Moctezuma, the ruler of the Aztec Empire, have kept menageries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

In the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, both countries launched veritable menageries aboard rockets, although none both reached orbit and survived the journey before 1960’s Soviet dogs Belka and Strelka.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 12, 2021

From his collection he supplies museums and menageries with beasts, wild and domestic, and schools and lyceums with animal skeletons, skins, and other objects for the study of natural history.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2020

At these in-game “gyms” and “Poké spots,” Pokémon Go players can pit their monsters against other players’ menageries, or collect items that bolster their creatures’ power.

From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2016

Here also were two menageries of beasts by nature wild, but tamed by art, and eating from the hands of men: among them were a hundred lions; each lion with its keeper.

From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous


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