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an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
an environmental issue that brought together a crazy quilt of people from all points on the political spectrum
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Recent Examples of crazy quilt
The paintings of Mickalene Thomas are big, bold, gaudy, and beautiful, embedded with rhinestones, daubed with phosphorescent color, and composed like crazy quilts.
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Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2025
Spoonful, Woody Guthrie, and Eleanor Roosevelt – that just captured the whole crazy quilt of the Village arts and politics scene.
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Stephen Humphries,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Sep. 2024
Woodcock’s solution is to go back to regulation; the government should renew the old restrictions on fares so consumers get clarity and fairness rather than today’s crazy quilt of dynamic pricing and extra fees.
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Marc Fisher,
Washington Post,
31 July 2024
The roadway infrastructure that each class can use, however, remains a crazy quilt of local, state or national regulations.
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IEEE Spectrum,
25 Nov. 2021
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Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2025
Spoonful, Woody Guthrie, and Eleanor Roosevelt – that just captured the whole crazy quilt of the Village arts and politics scene.
—
Stephen Humphries,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Sep. 2024
Woodcock’s solution is to go back to regulation; the government should renew the old restrictions on fares so consumers get clarity and fairness rather than today’s crazy quilt of dynamic pricing and extra fees.
—
Marc Fisher,
Washington Post,
31 July 2024
The roadway infrastructure that each class can use, however, remains a crazy quilt of local, state or national regulations.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Nov. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crazy quilt
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Purple cabbage, carrots, and cilantro create a colorful, flavorful medley dressed with olive oil, rice vinegar, lime juice, and a little sugar.
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Throughout the night, Swift and Kelce danced to tribute performances for and by the musician’s fellow inductees, including a medley of hits performed by John Fogerty and his sons Shane and Tyler.
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Guests can also access nearby sister resort Marival Emotions Resort & Suites Riviera Nayarit, which features kids and teens clubs and a variety of family-friendly activities, and food and beverage outlets.
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While at Fortress, Adamolekun visited a variety of Red Lobster restaurants in secret to assess them.
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The compact assortment amps up the contemporary style that Wong specializes in.
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Offering trend-forward styles for both men and women, this assortment includes year-round favorites designed for all-day comfort.
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
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New designs are layered on top of old, creating accidental collages between eras.
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The momager, 70, marked the holiday on Sunday, June 21, by sharing a sweet photo collage featuring all the father figures in her life.
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On display, there is a patchwork quilt the queen made out of her clothing to document her sentence.
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Pair it with a patchwork quilt and your favorite period drama.
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This mom-and-pop image clashes with the reality that the independents, as they are known, are highly organized into an alphabet soup of newly influential lobbying groups — with Hildebrand a member of several.
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Blazes caused by lightning strikes, on the other hand, are named with an alphabet soup of letters and numbers chosen to reflect where and in what order the fires are reported, KTVU reported.
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“Crazy quilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crazy%20quilt. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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