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Noun
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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
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Thomas’ double usually gets lost in the shuffle, thanks to Noel’s heroics, or David Fry’s walk-off, or even Thomas’ two seismic swings in the ALDS.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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In the first quarter, the Cowboys led 7-0 and were moving the ball on their second drive, when defensive lineman Cruz Marsella got into the backfield, intercepted a short shuffle pass and returned it for a 50-yard touchdown to tie the score for the Sailors.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Picture yourself in a rocking chair on your wraparound porch, French doors wide open, and no clutter in sight.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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One screen, less clutter, and a smarter deal all around.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
9 Sep. 2025
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Anyier Anei is Ada, a newbie model from South Sudan by way of Kenya, wide-eyed and hungry as she’s tossed into a maelstrom of haughty men and clubgoing sisters in strutting.—
Richard Lawson,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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The political maelstrom caught the attention of Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who capitalized on the drama over the cellphone legislation to make a pitch for his independent campaign to be Michigan's next governor.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While the homage is heartfelt, and certainly packs its share of genuine laughs, the end result can’t escape feeling like a hodgepodge, incapable of cohesively blending the satirical elements with the earnest messaging foremost on its mind.—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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The collective nightmare of a nuclear meltdown with all its accompanying horrors: leukemia and a hodgepodge of other cancers, disfigurement, mutation, displacement, forced evacuation, death of people and animals and land and hope.—
Rabih Alameddine
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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The Weimar Republic’s financial and regulatory morass made strongman rule attractive.—
Tanner H. Jones,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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These familiar, turbulent morasses of swirling droplets continue to stymie scientists.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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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
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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 17 Sep. 2025.
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