as in mishmash
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Noun
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This is teen sexuality as postmodern spectacle: a mishmash of transgressive allusions transmuted into a product that can’t possibly be interpreted as serious.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025 -
Recent highlights include his 220 for 2020 series—a visual time capsule of a Normandy landscape made entirely on an iPad over the course of a year—and The Great Wall, Hockney’s mishmash of images charting the advancements of Western art.—
Ellen Carpenter,
AFAR Media,
5 Mar. 2025
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For others, skipping the ID shuffle could be a welcome upgrade for frequent fliers navigating busy hubs.—
Iona Brannon,
AFAR Media,
24 Apr. 2025
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Netflix disclosed the board shuffles along with first-quarter results, with revenue and profit figures topping Wall Street expectations.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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Here, Southern professional organizers speak to nine of these pitfalls and explain what to do instead in order to successfully contain the clutter.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2025
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Imagine a warehouse bot weaving through clutter, a retail robot answering customer queries, or a humanoid assembling intricate parts.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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From the first page, McConaghy creates an intriguing maelstrom of uncertainty.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2025
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During a recent tech rehearsal for the Broadway play, the wide-eyed cast has huddled in the mezzanine to catch a glimpse of the creature in action, unfurling its gnarly tentacles in a maelstrom of billowing smoke and flashing red lights.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Consumers get their entertainment, news and sports through a hodgepodge of streaming services, with some seen as necessities (maybe YouTube and Netflix) and others seen as expendable.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2025
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The West Facility started as the communicable disease facility, but has since mushroomed into a hodgepodge of ailing people, difficult to handle detainees and a number of dorm units that were recently expanded.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 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
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The long-standing curse of the new-music concert is a tendency toward miscellany.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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While the city is at a crossroads, the job of mayor is shrinking, and with it the likelihood that bold and competent future leadership can lift Chicago from a historic morass.—
Forrest Claypool,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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The legal morass created by this scheme doesn't end there.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 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 6 May. 2025.
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