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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
That leaves much of the regulatory responsibility to local governing bodies, with a resulting crazy quilt of rules.
—Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 1 June 2023
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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
That leaves much of the regulatory responsibility to local governing bodies, with a resulting crazy quilt of rules.
—Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 1 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crazy quilt
Noun
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To open the big anniversary show, McEntire performed a decade-spanning medley, saluting one Song of the Year winner from each of the past six decades.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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More than half are nurses, and the rest are a medley of employees who each occupy a special niche in the hospital.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Oct. 2025
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The event can be prompted by a variety of factors, such as a flight-or-fight response, sensory stimulation or curiosity.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Of the varieties of beans available, a half-cup serving typically provides 5 to 10 grams (g) of protein.—
Jennifer Lefton,
Verywell Health,
20 Oct. 2025
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The flowers look similar to wildflowers or cosmos, and come in a colorful assortment of autumnal shades like deep red, burnt orange, and light orange.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Customers will find an assortment of authentic French pastries, sandwiches, coffee and more.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Rather, her photos, documents and collages point to the extreme paucity of surviving evidence and the utter impossibility of a cohesive, factual narrative.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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The film shows Matta Clark and an unnamed assistant struggling to come up with a quick solution, mixing graffiti with collage and stenciling.—
Antonio Sergio Bessa,
Curbed,
20 Oct. 2025
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This ensures your home feels cohesive and not like a patchwork quilt of trends.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Oct. 2025
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There’s this North Star patchwork quilt that blends soothing fall colors and looks great in any season.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Most of your followers don't care about your alphabet soup.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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An alphabet soup of left-wing social activist groups manned booths at Monday’s rally, including the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Denver Communists and Colorado Indivisible.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Crazy quilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crazy%20quilt. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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