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assortment

/əˈsɔːtmənt/ noun C1
  1. A collection of varying but related items. · This box has an assortment of chocolates. There's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.· The tool and die department stocks various hardware assortments, such as cap screws in most thread sizes and assorted lengths.

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He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 14 · B2
“What an extraordinary assortment!” I exclaimed.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 31 · B2
“Certainly,” continued Monte Cristo, “I make three assortments in fortune—first-rate, second-rate, and third-rate fortunes.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 691 · C1

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