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May 23, 2013

Word of the Day

  • amalgamate
  • audio pronunciation
  • \uh-MAL-guh-mayt\
  • DEFINITION

verb

: to unite in or as if in a mixture of elements; especially : to merge into a single body
  • EXAMPLES

On her latest album, the artist has amalgamated several different styles of music.

"Sure enough, in 1999, Congress dutifully went along with Weill's push for repeal, and Wall Street promptly rushed to amalgamate more Citigroups, thus creating the 'too-big-to-fail' system that—only eight years later—did indeed fail." — From an article by Jim Hightower in the Illinois Times (Springfield, Illinois), August 9, 2012

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On her latest album, the artist has amalgamated several different styles of music. "Sure enough, in 1999, Congress dutifully went along with Weill's push for repeal, and Wall Street promptly rushed to amalgamate more Citigroups, thus creating the 'too-big-to-fail' system that—only eight years later—did indeed fail." — From an article by Jim Hightower in the Illinois Times (Springfield, Illinois), August 9, 2012

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