: something created by combining elements from two or more sources: such as
a
: a piece of music created by digitally overlaying an instrumental track with a vocal track from a different recording
b
: a movie or video having characters or situations from other sources
c
: a Web service or application that integrates data and functionalities from various online sources
Examples of mash-up in a Sentence
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Earlier this year, the brand created almond croissants, an almond-sugar-dough mash-up that left fans wanting more.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
The song sounded vaguely familiar, like a mash-up of electronic music that had been popular a few years earlier.
—Hazlitt, 30 July 2025
The mash-up of old and new, establishment and not, is a reflection of Dennen, who’s a newsman at heart.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 July 2025
Its amusing cosmetic/munitions mash-up purposefully offset the more austere and traditional feel of Beinecke Plaza.
Oldenburg, who died in 2022 at the age of 92, became known for his giant-sized representations of everyday objects such as a hamburger, a trowel and an electrical plug.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2025
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
The song sounded vaguely familiar, like a mash-up of electronic music that had been popular a few years earlier.
—Hazlitt, 30 July 2025
The mash-up of old and new, establishment and not, is a reflection of Dennen, who’s a newsman at heart.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 July 2025
Its amusing cosmetic/munitions mash-up purposefully offset the more austere and traditional feel of Beinecke Plaza.
Oldenburg, who died in 2022 at the age of 92, became known for his giant-sized representations of everyday objects such as a hamburger, a trowel and an electrical plug.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for mash-up
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“Mash-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mash-up. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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