collages
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pluralof collage.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
collagenouna technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope.
Example Sentences
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The Readymade—the found object transformed into art—has its roots in the Picasso’s and Braque’s Cubist collages, which incorporated scraps of newspaper, textiles, sheet music and wall paper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
And Shane Keisuke Berkery addresses his Irish-Japanese heritage with a painting that collages exaggerated images drawn from westerns, Irish photographic history, and his own family’s snapshots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Why not make big printouts of the digital collages and call it a day?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
"I saw them putting up posters, I saw their collages, I saw the banners."
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
He likes to cut out the cartoons and make collages.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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