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Noun
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Filling the gaps is a mishmash of biographies, fiction of all sorts, and tomes on music, sports, and politics.—
Jack Barlow,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 June 2025 -
But the humor is forced to compete with seriously overcomplicated plotting in a sequel that entangles its horror comedy roots with uninspired espionage elements, becoming a convoluted mishmash with shades of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Mission: Impossible and the Austin Powers franchise.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2025
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There was one powerful addition in 2024: retiring U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Aubrey, was appointed to the Rules Committee chairmanship in the shuffle after Granger stepped down as chair.—
Maria Recio,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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However, this trend from businesses has led to an arms race of escalating automation, with candidates using AI to generate interview answers while companies deploy AI to detect them—creating what amounts to machines talking to machines while humans get lost in the shuffle.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Get rid of stacks of cardboard boxes, papers, magazine piles, and other paper clutter.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
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The bathroom can quickly become a clutter collector with lots of skincare, makeup, and hair products occupying counter space.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
People.com,
22 June 2025
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But the reaction to the reports of her interview generated a maelstrom so intense that Aluko issued Wright an apology on Instagram two days later.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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In the resulting maelstrom, Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and other southern delegates bolted the convention.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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This pursuit could even lead to applications in a hodgepodge of fields such as metal smelting, food preservation, and biopharmaceuticals.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
20 June 2025
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Think Grandma's living room is just as hodgepodge of decorative accents, furnishings, and art pieces that don't hold up today?—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
27 May 2025
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Ashmole also tried his hand at poetry, and the miscellany even contains a few of his pieces.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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The long-standing curse of the new-music concert is a tendency toward miscellany.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There are no pairs of tidily poetic contradictions, but a morass of inner conflict, uncertainty, pain, and relief.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
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Tax administration is often written off as a bureaucratic morass—a neutral, technocratic function made necessary by the modern state but best kept as small as possible.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Her goal is to start a women’s consciousness-raising group, and her efforts have brought together a motley, inquisitive quintet.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.—
Rudy Lee,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2023
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“Bollix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bollix. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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