How to Use mix-up in a Sentence

mix-up

noun

• That makes the mix-up in the program all the more curious.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2023
• Biden has also made his share of gaffes and name mix-ups.
  — Zachary Folk, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• And then there’s the rank absurdity of the Klein/Wolf mix-up.
  — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• We were scheduled on a short flight from Phoenix to Page which was delayed due to a mix-up.
  — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 23 May 2024
• There was a mix-up about your presence at the Nike event, where Travis Scott was also present.
  — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
• Because of this, crew members will hold up a big poster with the person's name on it to avoid any mix-ups.
  — Jamie Ballard, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2023
• The mix-up for the sake of a mix-up was a Zaidi special during his six-plus seasons in Posey’s chair.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
• Jack McBrayer plays the resort concierge who reveals the mix-up at the island off the Georgia coast.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
• Scott also revealed how the mix-up had puzzled them for years.
  — Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
• The mix-up drew outrage online, which prompted Target to pull the kit from its shelves.
  — Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
• What’s the best thing a studio can do to avoid mix-ups and — worse — legal repercussions?
  — Liz Logan, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• This gave her an inkling that some kind of mix-up had occurred in omitting one of her daughters.
  — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
• After the mix-up, Rock pressed on, this time correctly naming the film.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2023
• At first, Klein responded to the mix-ups by trying to ignore them.
  — Laura Marsh, The New Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
• The day's mishaps didn't end with the medication mix-up, either.
  — Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
• Bergmann’s home is just minutes from Kelce’s in Leawood, so that could explain a mix-up.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2025
• The Merrell mix-up coat has the weight of a light fall jacket but with greater insulation.
  — Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2023
• Each time, patrons embraced his mix-ups and chuckled along with him.
  — Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
• Hamas acknowledged on Friday there may have been a mix-up.
  — Johnatan Reiss, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
• And a backpacker from the United Kingdom was held for three weeks because of a mix-up with her visa.
  — Joel Rose, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
• Label shelf edges so everyone knows what goes where to avoid mix-ups.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
• And the honest mistake, a benign mix-up anyone could have made, proved to be costly.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
• Despite the expert skepticism, TikTok users couldn't get enough of the mix-up.
  — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
• Mann is the general manager of the Boothill Inn, where Burnett stayed the night after his flight mix-up.
  — oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023
• Perhaps the mix-up happened because of Barkley's recent weight loss.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
• Alas, Bill never calls, and though Jenny spins it as the part of the rom-com where there’s a mix-up before true love prevails, that’s clearly not the case.
  — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 June 2025
• Others reassured Mullen that the mix-up may have been a blessing in disguise.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
• When a mix-up leads to a rumor about him being engaged to her daughter, the whole family jumps in to keep up the charade.
  — Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024
• How did this mixed-drink mix-up happen? Celsius and High Noon are made by different companies but share a third-party packaging supplier.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 31 July 2025
• The mix-up happened after a shared packaging supplier erroneously shipped empty Celsius cans to High Noon, the company said.
  — Melina Khan, USA Today, 31 July 2025