as in eclectic
consisting of many things of different sorts
since I just collect stamps that I happen to like, my collection is pretty promiscuous
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Recent Examples of promiscuous
Messy centers on Stella (Wasser), a promiscuous love addict who moves to New York City following a tough breakup and sets out on a string of dates in the hopes of finding the right match.
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Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The story follows a promiscuous love addict named Stella (Wasser) who moves to New York after a bad breakup, and her quest to find love and purpose — one disappointing date at a time.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
The only future David can imagine is finally no future, a life in which endless, promiscuous variety—each night a different, meaningless boy—offers no variety at all, in which everything can only ever be the same, the same, the same, the same.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The revival premiered on HBO Max in late 2021, featuring three of the four original stars, minus Kim Cattrall's promiscuous Samantha Jones.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The story follows a promiscuous love addict named Stella (Wasser) who moves to New York after a bad breakup, and her quest to find love and purpose — one disappointing date at a time.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
The only future David can imagine is finally no future, a life in which endless, promiscuous variety—each night a different, meaningless boy—offers no variety at all, in which everything can only ever be the same, the same, the same, the same.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The revival premiered on HBO Max in late 2021, featuring three of the four original stars, minus Kim Cattrall's promiscuous Samantha Jones.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promiscuous
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Visitors can also hike through the salt marshes of Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge, stop for coffee and pastries at Dave's Coffee, or browse the eclectic shops and gardens at Fantastic Umbrella Factory, a former 19th-century farmyard turned open-air shopping village.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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The eclectic Canadian instrumental act The Sadies is conversant in surf, garage, roots rock, psychedelia and many other sounds.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2026
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The important thing is to keep eating vegetables and maintaining a varied but healthy diet.—
Vanessa Caceres,
Verywell Health,
10 June 2026
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The splintering of music discovery has resulted in less monoculture and more varied sounds thriving simultaneously.—
John Kennedy,
VIBE.com,
9 June 2026
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Key Takeaways Magnesium may help lower blood pressure, but results are mixed.—
Cathy Nelson,
Verywell Health,
11 Dec. 2025
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Studies examining how vitamin D influences cholesterol have had mixed results.—
Emmanuella Ogbonna,
Health,
11 Dec. 2025
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These assorted nutcrackers all come with a different companion—from a present with a little wooden bow to a wooden gingerbread man.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Dec. 2025
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The fugitive was previously indicted in Los Angeles federal court on multiple charges, including running a continuing criminal enterprise, committing murder in connection with a continuing criminal enterprise and assorted drug crimes.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
9 Dec. 2025
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The government has also been accused of war crimes, including indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Being a member of a paramilitary group does not legitimize his murder, and soldiers and Ministry of Interior officers alike are now being killed in indiscriminate American and Israeli airstrikes.—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
26 May 2026
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Sacramento consistently ranks among the most diverse cities in the country, and that applies across all stripes.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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In 2024, Davis’ medical school became the third most racially diverse medical school in the country, the Justice Department claimed.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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