grab bag
noun
1
: a receptacle (such as a bag) containing small articles which are to be drawn (as at a party or fair) without being seen
2
: a miscellaneous collection : potpourri
Examples of grab bag in a Sentence
Congress has proposed a grab bag of tax cuts.
the festival featured a grab bag of independent films from widely disparate genres
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Before bed, Agnes adds Garth’s cigarette stub to her grab bag of mementos.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe.
—Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
Officials said the advisory is not a quake prediction but urged residents to raise their preparedness, such as emergency food and their grab bag just in case, while continuing their daily lives.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
The artists share the 1970s complex with a typical grab bag of Little Havana enterprises catering to a mostly Central American immigrant community — notaries and tax preparers, a dentist, a hair salon, a barber shop, a convenience store, even a storefront Evangelical church.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe.
—Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
Officials said the advisory is not a quake prediction but urged residents to raise their preparedness, such as emergency food and their grab bag just in case, while continuing their daily lives.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
The artists share the 1970s complex with a typical grab bag of Little Havana enterprises catering to a mostly Central American immigrant community — notaries and tax preparers, a dentist, a hair salon, a barber shop, a convenience store, even a storefront Evangelical church.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Grab bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grab%20bag. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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