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The best thing about congeries is that it’s a singular noun. Otherwise I’d use the word “list.” List means exactly the same thing, but it has none of the exoticism of congeries, no spice, no adventure, no derring-do, no whiff of the palm tree and the jungle, no pizzazz, no fairy-dust, no magic.
The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase
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