bollix

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Noun
  • The Republic's review showed the end result was a mishmash of PDF files that looked different, making data extraction difficult.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • My personal collection of recipes is a mishmash of digital files, handwritten notes and computer printouts.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The clip ends with Snoop doing a snow shuffle to the Olympic theme.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
  • All is quiet except for the shuffle of hooves, as the mounts shift the weight of their riders and their heavy armor.
    Greg Grandin September 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Keeping your garage, kitchen, closet, dresser drawers, and bathroom neat and free of clutter is all about staying on top of the mess by continually getting rid of items that are no longer serving you or your home.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Outdoors, remove clutter like loose boards and old furniture, relocate and elevate firewood and clear vegetation at least 18 inches from the foundation.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Now Boggs, Wade, and Richardson are venturing into the maelstrom of publication together, fortified by friendship.
    Megan Marshall September 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Carollo’s latest stint in office has brought about a maelstrom of litigation, including lawsuits filed by the Ball & Chain nightclub operators.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The most popular recipes of the month reflected this hodgepodge.
    Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The bar is set high at this white-tablecloth restaurant, decorated with a hodgepodge of Louisville memorabilia.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • An array of expensive miscellany—a James Turrell work of pink L.E.D. panels, a Magritte, a Banksy, a few Warhols, a couple of Damien Hirsts—went under the hammer in Diriyah, the country’s ancient capital.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Ashmole also tried his hand at poetry, and the miscellany even contains a few of his pieces.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The 16-track project is a long time coming for Recoechi, a Chicago spitter who came up in the city’s open mic scene before falling into the morass of the streets for a time.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The Weimar Republic’s financial and regulatory morass made strongman rule attractive.
    Tanner H. Jones, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her goal is to start a women’s consciousness-raising group, and her efforts have brought together a motley, inquisitive quintet.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.
    Rudy Lee, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
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“Bollix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bollix. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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