Examples of mix-up in a Sentence
there was a mix-up at the airport and our luggage was accidentally sent to Ohio
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According to Jensen, the mix-up began after Bailey had spent time happily fetching his own ball in the sea.
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
The mix-up sparked confusion, leading Beatty to announce La La Land as the Best Picture winner.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
But beneath the mix-ups, something deeper’s being rewritten.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 9 Nov. 2025
Turns out that there was a mix-up, and another man named Bill DeBlasio, from Long Island, is taking credit for those quotes (the former mayor is, in fact, a supporter of Mamdani’s.).
—New York Times, 1 Nov. 2025
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
The mix-up sparked confusion, leading Beatty to announce La La Land as the Best Picture winner.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
But beneath the mix-ups, something deeper’s being rewritten.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 9 Nov. 2025
Turns out that there was a mix-up, and another man named Bill DeBlasio, from Long Island, is taking credit for those quotes (the former mayor is, in fact, a supporter of Mamdani’s.).
—New York Times, 1 Nov. 2025
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“Mix-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mix-up. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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