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smorgasbord

[smawr-guhs-bawrd, -bohrd, shmawr-] / ˈsmɔr gəsˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd, ˈʃmɔr- /
NOUN
buffet-style food
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


NOUN
miscellany of food
Synonyms


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Only much later would I realize that it wasn’t so much a smorgasbord of vendors as it was the Gorgon Medusa: When one head is removed, more sprout in its place.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

With its smorgasbord of humanity, “Marty Supreme” makes a defiant statement at a moment when audiences suspect AI-generated people are taking over their screens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

To call the 50th-anniversary edition of “Wish You Were Here” a smorgasbord is an understatement.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2025

Think of last year’s emo-focused When We Were Young in Las Vegas or Besame Mucho, a Latin music smorgasbord served up in December at Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2024

“Granite and slate,” he said each time we visited, “maybe a little soapstone, sprinkled with limestone and quartz. Minerals galore! It’s a smorgasbord of metamorphic marvels!”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles




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