How to Use mixed messages/signals in a Sentence

mixed messages/signals

plural noun

• Take it away, and you’re left with a bunch of mixed signals and waste.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
• At the sector level, there is no clear trend, just mixed signals.
  — David Trainer, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
• Trump’s team has sent mixed signals during his first months in office.
  — Joel Gehrke, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
• One place with few mixed signals is AI, where things are still gung-ho.
  — Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2024
• But there are mixed messages from the feds about cannabis, and people are very worried.
  — Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2025
• One by one, each of the nine board members delivered mixed messages.
  — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
• Caregivers too often send mixed messages around screen time use, given their own bad habits.
  — Maida Lynn Chen, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2023
• There have been a lot of mixed signals surrounding Sanders to the Browns as of late.
  — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
• Publicly, the Colts have sent mixed messages on their intentions.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2023
• To be sure, data in recent weeks have offered mixed signals on the economy.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 May 2024
• Through a series of mishaps and mixed signals, the two eventually grow on each other.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
• The administration has sent mixed signals on whether that deadline might be pushed back.
  — Scott Horsley, NPR, 30 June 2025
• That fear remains given the mixed messages coming from the White House.
  — Holly Ramer, Fortune, 7 July 2025
• In this week’s episode, Emma’s kind of giving Elliot some mixed messages.
  — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 7 Feb. 2025
• Despite these mixed signals, the team can afford Michael Lorenzen.
  — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• These mixed signals highlight the uneven pace of the market’s recovery.
  — Elena Volotovskaya, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
• At the same time, Chinese officials are sending mixed messages.
  — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• The return to repayment has been chaotic — marked by multiple false starts and mixed messages.
  — Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
• And the Arab world is getting – the rest of the world, actually, is getting mixed messages.
  — CBS News, 5 May 2024
• But Osborn says that the designation has also led to mixed messages.
  — Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• Trump on Thursday sent mixed signals about whether Johnson should be the next Speaker.
  — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
• Bad blood, mixed messages and sensitivity tends to go by the wayside when the final numbers are agreed on.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
• However, something has happened between you and your ex that indicates a lot of mixed messages, at the very least.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
• The slaying of the four students drew online sleuths after police put out mixed messages in the case and no suspect was declared for weeks.
  — Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2022
• Milei will need the support of the Unión Cívica Radical, which has sent mixed signals.
  — Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• South Bay leaders have good reason to be concerned, starting with Wiener’s mixed messages about the purpose of the tax.
  — Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 25 May 2024
• In a world of mixed messages, the Italian brand Max Mara is uniquely synonymous with power.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Dec. 2022
• Real Cubs fans, the kind that swear about the bullpen in December, have been frustrated for months by the mixed signals coming from the team.
  — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
• Add this all up, and the fintech sector ultimately looks just as entangled in mixed signals as the wider world of VCs and startups.
  — Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
• The mixed signals left experts with varying opinions about the takeaway from the latest FOMC meeting.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 26 July 2023