bollix

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bollix
Noun
  • In five years, the Academy Museum Gala has blossomed from the mishmash of style seen on its opening night in 2021 to a polished evening of haute couture, bespoke tuxedos and plentiful high jewelry, all served up on a blue carpet that was a new addition to the annual fundraiser.
    Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The accelerated momentum was helpful in stabilizing — or perhaps acclimating viewers to — the show’s mishmash of tones, which staple together motormouthed policy wonkery and combustible romantic chemistry.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When cards were precisely positioned, the cameras could identify each card and transmit that information to the shuffle machines.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In theory, Slot’s tactical out-of-possession shuffle to a staggered 4-3-3 should help Liverpool to defend on their right flank, but the ease with which Chelsea exploited the space was a culmination of weeks of warning signs.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The witch’s new year calls for a spiritual refresh, which is why Fernando Salinas opts to remove clutter and clear stale energy.
    Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The set comes in three heights, which adds dimension without clutter.
    Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Even those of us too young to have lived through it were caught in the maelstrom.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • This is not a dusty collection or hodgepodge of Gold Rush artifacts placed around a xeriscape.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • One of 2022’s most exciting debuts and produced by the animation studio MAPPA, the anime is a hodgepodge of demonic violence, crude humor, and speculative fiction.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Oct. 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 melancholy truth is that things have sunk into a morass of demoralization and low standards, with journalism inhabiting the poverty sector among the disciplines, and this at a time when communications nationally and internationally have reached an apex of urgency and complexity.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • 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
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 30 Oct. 2025.

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