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the painting was just a mishmash of colors and abstract shapes as far as we could tell
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The result was a mishmash of defense pairings.
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Denver was left, after a regular-season stretch run and a berth in the AFC Championship Game, with a mishmash of running backs with noteable holes in their skill sets.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Diners dig in surrounded by a dizzying mishmash of décor, like a rotating roster of VHS tapes that play on a projector screen or artwork sourced from longtime customers and Indiana's finest Goodwill stores.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
Boxing scenes in movies, other than in a handful of classics, tend to start to look all the same, a mishmash of beads of sweat and blood and jowels distended, all fists flying and battering as two men catapult and careen across the ring.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Denver was left, after a regular-season stretch run and a berth in the AFC Championship Game, with a mishmash of running backs with noteable holes in their skill sets.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Diners dig in surrounded by a dizzying mishmash of décor, like a rotating roster of VHS tapes that play on a projector screen or artwork sourced from longtime customers and Indiana's finest Goodwill stores.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
Boxing scenes in movies, other than in a handful of classics, tend to start to look all the same, a mishmash of beads of sweat and blood and jowels distended, all fists flying and battering as two men catapult and careen across the ring.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Mishmash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishmash. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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mishmash
noun
mish·mash
ˈmish-ˌmash 
-ˌmäsh
: hodgepodge, jumble
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