amalgam
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Ironically, it never took place in reality, and was an amalgam of reports of riots and carnage throughout the city.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
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 a confusing amalgam of emotions, largely compounded by my mom’s general reticence to discuss the topic outside of a personal account she self-published several years ago to process her yearslong PTSD.
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2024
It is precisely this quality that makes facts the raw material of science, for science, too, is a peculiar amalgam of the real and the cultural.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing amalgam
"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 24
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