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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.
—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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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
Noun
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But this disjointed medley, performed by Christiani Pitts and Sam Tutty, offered little context for what is meant to be exciting or enticing about the show.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
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But the complaint included a medley of exhibits, including the full text of Read’s federal lawsuit.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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The variety landscape was reshaped this year.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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The result is an aesthetic that skillfully balances a variety of textures, including injecting Shou Sugi Ban custom treatments inspired by Japanese principles of wabi-sabi that typically employ elements of asymmetry, roughness, and simplicity.—
Rachel Davies,
Architectural Digest,
12 June 2026
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But even that speculative scheme showed how sophisticated PAU could be in adapting an assortment of seductive pasts.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
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Your host has invested time and energy into planning a thoughtful menu and bringing your own dish forces them to include something in the assortment that may not be harmonious with the rest of the meal.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The screening was preceded by a live orchestra performance of the show’s score with a collage of images from the show projected onto the walls of the amphitheater to spectacular effect.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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Her approach to sound collage is deeply idiosyncratic, influenced by her concrète forebearers but untethered from the rigidities of conservatory training.—
Levi Dayan,
Pitchfork,
9 June 2026
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On display, there is a patchwork quilt the queen made out of her clothing to document her sentence.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Pair it with a patchwork quilt and your favorite period drama.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
19 Feb. 2026
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For many people, talk of bonds and yields and markets might sound like alphabet soup.—
Allie Canal,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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The Nuggets’ alphabet soup TV playoff schedule is an ABCDEFU to fans.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Crazy quilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crazy%20quilt. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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