motley crew

noun

: an unusual mixed group
We were a motley crew of musicians and athletes.

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This motley crew known as USA TODAY's National Trending Team was called to Nashville one year ago to test the novel idea of putting a group of journalists in a room together for two days. James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025 At Artnet, Walter assembled a motley crew of writers, including the unstoppable Charlie Finch, who would meanly attack everyone. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025 Williamson spends the entire movie moving from one L.A. locale and subculture to another, meeting a motley crew of criminals rich, scrappy, and everything in between, along the way. Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025 Two cops, a former couple, are forced to team up with a motley crew of locals to save their home from a ‘gnome-apocalypse.’ Series will be an international co-production, of which Stan has become one of the world’s most important players. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for motley crew

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“Motley crew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motley%20crew. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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