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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

At Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, visitors could see America’s first aquarium, a menagerie of exotic animals, performances by magicians and ventriloquists, and waxworks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

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

Marooned on “a breathtaking piece of land” at the peninsula’s far western edge, steps from the deadly surf at Ocean Beach, the timeworn seaside menagerie had endured weeks of gray gloom.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

By late morning, I’m just another menagerie man: cleaning dens, chopping food, and hauling manure with the rest of them.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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