Examples of mix-up in a Sentence
there was a mix-up at the airport and our luggage was accidentally sent to Ohio
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This novel is much more than a story of a possible hospital mix-up of babies.
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Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 30 Nov. 2025
What should have been a forgettable mix-up instead bloomed into an annual Thanksgiving reunion — and a friendship that has carried both Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton through loss, new beginnings and some of life’s most unexpected blessings.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Rookie outside linebacker Jack Sawyer was flagged for offside, a penalty Chicago happily declined because the free play ended with Caleb Williams finding a wide-open D.J. Moore for a touchdown without a defender anywhere near him, thanks to a mix-up in coverage.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
According to Jensen, the mix-up began after Bailey had spent time happily fetching his own ball in the sea.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
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Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 30 Nov. 2025
What should have been a forgettable mix-up instead bloomed into an annual Thanksgiving reunion — and a friendship that has carried both Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton through loss, new beginnings and some of life’s most unexpected blessings.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Rookie outside linebacker Jack Sawyer was flagged for offside, a penalty Chicago happily declined because the free play ended with Caleb Williams finding a wide-open D.J. Moore for a touchdown without a defender anywhere near him, thanks to a mix-up in coverage.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
According to Jensen, the mix-up began after Bailey had spent time happily fetching his own ball in the sea.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Mix-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mix-up. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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