amalgam
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Synonyms for amalgam
Synonyms
admixture, alloy, amalgamation, blend, cocktail, combination, composite, compound, conflation, emulsion, fusion, intermixture, meld, mix, mixture, synthesis
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To bring to life the house known as Straight Gate, the Seattle turn-of-the-century Catholic home for wayward girls stuck in zoning limbo, which Bernadette takes on as her family home, Curtis utilized an amalgam of three locations in Pittsburgh. — Los Angeles Times, "How Richard Linklater’s ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ uses oddball architecture to reflect its heroine," 14 Aug. 2019 Thanks to generations of family recipes, an amalgam of culinary culture, and a genuine passion for cooking and serving neighbors and guests alike, Birmingham has become a food oasis known from coast to coast. — Jeremy Burgess, al, "Elite Yelpers help acquaint locals with food scene," 14 Aug. 2019 There is no better example of that than the fact that the amalgam of Western ideas that is the Indian constitution has had to be amended over a hundred times since independence. — WSJ, "Modi and India Don’t Need Western Values," 1 June 2019 An amalgam of Islam and Christianity, Sesay’s faith helps ground her in times of crisis. — Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, "A new book goes inside Boko Haram’s abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls," 8 July 2019 But that didn’t prevent Democratic supermajorities in both chamber from passing an unprecedented amalgam of their priorities. — oregonlive.com, "Oregon lawmakers wrap up buzzer-beating 2019 session," 30 June 2019 The superhero and horror genres fit into each other, creating a single monstrous or heroic amalgam. — Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, "Since season 1, Jessica Jones has struggled to mix horror with superheroes," 18 June 2019 Protons and neutrons are amalgams — each one a trio of lightweight elementary particles called quarks. — Quanta Magazine, "At Multiverse Impasse, a New Theory of Scale," 18 Aug. 2014 The name is an amalgam of the yachts America and Magic, which won the first two editions of the regatta in 1851 and 1870. — Aaron Kuriloff, WSJ, "New York Yacht Club Has Sights Set on the America’s Cup," 15 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'amalgam.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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