Definition of GRAB BAG

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Congress has proposed a grab bag of tax cuts. the festival featured a grab bag of independent films from widely disparate genres

Recent Examples on the Web Starting as early as 2014, Russian hackers have chosen from a seeming grab bag of disguises to create a layer of confusion. — Wired, "A Brief History of Russian Hackers' Evolving False Flags," 21 Oct. 2019 This year’s Fringe grab bag holds everything from family-friendly romps to edgy adult fare. — Philip Brandes, latimes.com, "Hollywood Fringe Festival kicks off three-week marathon of 400-plus shows," 14 June 2019 There will be door prizes, health screenings, grab bags, entertainment and speakers. — Houston Chronicle, "Fort Bend-area calendar of events," 12 Aug. 2019 Then, there’s the thing that CD Projekt Red is showing behind closed doors: a good-looking but generic shooter-RPG hybrid with an ‘80s retro-futuristic sensibility and a grab bag of William Gibson references. — Adi Robertson, The Verge, "Cyberpunk 2077 doesn’t look weird enough to be edgy," 14 June 2019 There is no such thing as frustration or irritation, only a grab bag of neuronal activities taking place in far-flung regions of the brain. — Andrew Stark, WSJ, "‘Conscience’ Review: Wired to Care," 12 June 2019 Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma! is another beast entirely, using a grab bag of experimental theater tropes (and terrific new country-western orchestrations) to find the dark heart beneath this sunny American classic. — Adam Green, Vogue, "Takeaways From the 2019 Tony Nominations: Downtown Comes to Broadway," 30 Apr. 2019 For now, there’s a grab bag of upgrades and new additions. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Windows 10: What to expect in the next two releases," 14 Aug. 2019 For production duties, she's enlisted a grab bag of producers, but even Mirwais, who helped keep her career going on Music and Confessions on a Dancefloor, can’t rekindle any of those albums’ sense of fun or poppy concision. — Jonny Coleman, The Hollywood Reporter, "Critic's Notebook: Madonna's Cringe-Worthy 'Madame X'," 14 June 2019

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“Grab bag.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grab%20bag. Accessed 22 November 2019.