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

Recent Examples on the Web Appeals can often be a grab bag of every possible argument in favor of overturning a verdict, criminal-defense lawyers said. — Sara Randazzo, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2022 University presidents typically face a grab bag of hurdles. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2021 Breast cancer survivors will be able to drive through the lot to pick up their pre-purchased Pink Elephant grab bag and silent auction items. — Madison Bateman, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 15 Oct. 2021 Meanwhile, the Build Back Better bill started as a $3.5 trillion grab bag of everything that progressives want but couldn’t get in the infrastructure bill. — Rich Lowry, National Review, 16 Nov. 2021 And yet for a grab bag of reasons, carbon markets remain largely regional. — Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2021 Proposal 1 is a grab bag; the state elections board takes over 5,500 words just to describe and recite it, including a cap on the size of the state senate. — The Editors, National Review, 1 Nov. 2021 With costs in mind, progressives in the House are pushing for a final package that implements a grab bag of priority programs for shorter periods of time, as opposed to just a few programs with longer timelines. — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2021 The political situation is further complicated by the fact that the Build Back Better Act is something of a grab bag, containing elements that fight poverty, expand health care, and combat climate change. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2021

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