assortment
Americannoun
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assortments
plural
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the act of assorting; distribution; classification.
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a collection of various kinds of things; a mixed collection.
noun
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a collection or group of various things or sorts
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the act of assorting
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Explanation
An assortment is a collection of things that aren't the same. An assortment of chocolates might have some that are filled with coconut, caramel, or nuts. Yum. An assortment is a bunch of different things all together whether they’re the same sort or not. An assortment of nuts is a bunch of different nuts, such as cashews, peanuts, and almonds. If you have books, candy bars, action figures, photos, and paper clips on your desk, you have an assortment of things. A store that sells a wide variety of products offers an assortment. If you love choices, assortments are for you.
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The company has changed out 75% of its assortment of decorative accessories, a move that has attracted customers, but management cited a need to fine-tune the home section.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
The retailer has been refreshing its product assortment, lowering prices on some items and rejiggering its store layouts as part of a sweeping plan aimed at reversing years of sluggish quarterly sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
All that is left now is his motorbike, one red bicycle and an assortment of tools.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Their analysis also indicates that the meteorite's complex assortment of amino acids formed inside its parent body.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
He reaches in his pocket and shows me the assortment of extremely protective beans and seeds I stowed there.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
“Customer traffic was the primary driver of the strong sales trend as compelling merchandise assortments, higher customer acquisition and engagement from our ongoing marketing initiatives, and an improved in-store experience are resonating with shoppers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Management called out the “tremendous opportunity” in the second half of the year as Burlington laps the late 2025 tariff-related disruptions in merchandise assortments.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
But these shifts may still come at a cost to consumers and companies in the form of lower-quality products, more limited assortments or items that aren’t as attractive to shoppers wandering store aisles.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026
Chaudhari offers two potential explanations for this surprising phenomenon: first, neural networks are never trained on random assortments of pixels.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
Out the window were sleepy towns, assortments of dark wooden buildings that seemed untouched by war yet worn and cracked by age.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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