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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Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe.
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Tracy Alloway, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
Generic generative AI is a grab bag.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Wow, this pill grab bag goes crazy.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Instead, survey after survey reveals that significant portions of the public adopt an eclectic and unstable grab bag of beliefs and ideas.
—Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Tracy Alloway, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
Generic generative AI is a grab bag.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Wow, this pill grab bag goes crazy.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Instead, survey after survey reveals that significant portions of the public adopt an eclectic and unstable grab bag of beliefs and ideas.
—Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grab bag
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“Grab bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grab%20bag. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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