assemblage
noun
as·sem·blage
ə-ˈsem-blij 
for sense 3 also ˌa-ˌsäm-ˈbläzh
1
: a collection of persons or things : gathering
2
: the act of assembling : the state of being assembled
3
a
: an artistic composition made from scraps, junk, and odds and ends (as of paper, cloth, wood, stone, or metal)
b
: the art of making assemblages
Examples of assemblage in a Sentence
an assemblage of onlookers at the construction site
tried to sort through the assemblage of ripped wrapping paper and boxes for the missing toy
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Serpas got into assemblage eight years ago, after earning a fine-arts degree from Columbia.
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Jake Offenhartz, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
His artworks, which include paintings, sculptures, mixed-media assemblages, mosaics, photographs, and film, are full of mood and foreboding.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
The assemblage of footage shot by the filmmaking collective, together with cellphone video captured by residents of various villages in Masafer Yatta during attacks, establish a years-long history of the very kind of violence visited upon Ballal today.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Besting an assemblage of other reality TV stars and slightly random minorly famous people at a castle in the Scottish Highlands to take home a quarter of the $204,300 prize pot is no small feat.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
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Jake Offenhartz, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
His artworks, which include paintings, sculptures, mixed-media assemblages, mosaics, photographs, and film, are full of mood and foreboding.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
The assemblage of footage shot by the filmmaking collective, together with cellphone video captured by residents of various villages in Masafer Yatta during attacks, establish a years-long history of the very kind of violence visited upon Ballal today.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Besting an assemblage of other reality TV stars and slightly random minorly famous people at a castle in the Scottish Highlands to take home a quarter of the $204,300 prize pot is no small feat.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assemblage
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“Assemblage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assemblage. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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assemblage
noun
as·sem·blage
ə-ˈsem-blij
for 3 also ˌas-ˌäm-ˈbläzh
1
: a collection or gathering of persons or things
2
: the act of assembling
3
: an artistic composition made by putting together scraps or junk
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