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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Specialty can be a real grab bag and this week two Indian films also popped.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
Live and Collective Soul Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, 500 Broad St., Bridgeport
In the latest touring grab bag of 1990s rock bands, New Jersey’s Live is paired with Collective Soul.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2025
Gunn takes the vast canon of Superman lore — from various iterations of the comics to TV shows like Smallville to the Donner films — and treats it like a grab bag, plucking elements from many sources.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
Becoming a mother now means confronting a grab bag of voices — on phone screens and on Reddit, but also at school pickup and church — that are critical of the medical establishment, including people skeptical about vaccines and fanatic about drinking raw milk.
—Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
Live and Collective Soul Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, 500 Broad St., Bridgeport
In the latest touring grab bag of 1990s rock bands, New Jersey’s Live is paired with Collective Soul.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2025
Gunn takes the vast canon of Superman lore — from various iterations of the comics to TV shows like Smallville to the Donner films — and treats it like a grab bag, plucking elements from many sources.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
Becoming a mother now means confronting a grab bag of voices — on phone screens and on Reddit, but also at school pickup and church — that are critical of the medical establishment, including people skeptical about vaccines and fanatic about drinking raw milk.
—Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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“Grab bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grab%20bag. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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