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Recent Examples of amalgam By 1930, the APC was an amalgam of such legacy companies as Selwyn & Co, Elisabeth Marbury, Inc., The John Rumsey Play Company, and The De Mille Company. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025 Falling Into Place, which arrived Friday (March 28), is a thrilling amalgam of sultry jazz, heart-baring soul, sizzling Caribbean riddims, and a painstakingly particular approach to vocal stacks informed by musical giants like Brandy. Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2025 While solid state seems to be a bit of a stretch goal for the industry, Lee says his company is looking closely at an alternative to commonly used lithium-ion—an amalgam of nickel, cobalt and manganese, or NCM, as well as a lower nickel percentage version. Ed Garsten, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 He is played by Ethan Hawke, a mainstay of Linklater’s movies, in a remarkable amalgam of bitterness, exuberance, drollery, tenderness, frustration, and tremendous artistic passion. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for amalgam
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Noun
  • The singles released so far have run the gamut sonically and represent an amalgamation of her past work from her 2010 debut album Animal to the more emotional Rainbow and High Road.
    Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • Brighton have an association with Sea Coast United, an amalgamation of community clubs in the north-eastern states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Early one morning, Jake Weir went to town to see about a mixture of grains for his horses.
    Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
  • Thin sheets of pasta are loaded with a mixture of fresh ricotta, eggs and Parmesan, then run through the ravioli attachment on our mixer, and finally boiled along with her signature tomato sauce plus more Parmesan cheese.
    Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Daniel Kaluuya is perhaps the only Black leading man who rivals Jordan’s mix of critical acclaim and box-office success.
    Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 2 June 2025
  • John Calipari has a good mix of size, speed and guards who can get their own buckets.
    CJ Moore, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • It’s named for the maritime heritage that inspired the blend, symbolizing the journey of whisky casks across the seas.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Its ultra-fine mist ensures a streak-free application, while the blend of skin-loving ingredients provides hydration and nourishment.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The cordless tool works to create fresh curls and waves, with flexing manganese copper alloy plates to help shape hair.
    Náosha Gregg, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • Made from a thin sheet of copper alloy, the artifact depicts a North African hunting scene.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • But with the combination of the shifting music landscape and their exploring new sounds, their popularity seemed on the wane.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
  • The first was at Paid, a project space run out of a garage in Seattle, using a combination of scans produced with Empty Gallery in Hong Kong.
    Kosen Ohtsubo, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Items span traditional Guanajuato street food to westernized Mexican delicacies and even dip into fusion dishes with birria ramen and egg rolls.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
  • Pulsar's Sunbird uses a different fusion formula than fusion being studied for use in power plants.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025

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“Amalgam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amalgam. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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