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miscellanea

plural noun

ˌmi-sə-ˈlā-nē-ə

Definition of miscellanea

as in assortment

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things searching through the miscellanea in the archive, she came across the draft of an unpublished and previously unknown poem by the reclusive writer

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Recent Examples of miscellanea Delegate checking all bridal party miscellanea to your maid of honor. — Katie James Watkinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023 Here, the tools and miscellanea of art-making are as much a part of the portrait as the subject’s unaffected grin or solid stance. — Johanna Fateman, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2023 There will also be arts and other goods for sale, psychic readings, adoptable dogs and more miscellanea at Taste of Minnesota. — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 2 June 2026 The lifelong home of 80-year-old Francisca Cano has become a warehouse of miscellanea. — Emilio Morenatti, ajc, 25 Dec. 2020 In their place are crates of percussive miscellanea—shaker eggs, windchimes, bell-straps, mallet toys, knocker sticks, maraca things, jingle-janglers, finger cymbals. — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 7 Dec. 2023 Nevertheless, four tons of documents and secondary copies of films, plus newsreels and miscellanea — old projectors meant for display and other, more necessary equipment used to repair current machines — were lost in the fire. — Ela Bittencourt, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021

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