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an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
the festival featured a grab bag of independent films from widely disparate genres
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Recent Examples of grab bag
Generic generative AI is a grab bag.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Wow, this pill grab bag goes crazy.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Instead, survey after survey reveals that significant portions of the public adopt an eclectic and unstable grab bag of beliefs and ideas.
—Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The mystery grab bags have become one of Trader Joe’s most popular items and sell out very quickly in stores, as shoppers often buy as many as their location will allow them.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Wow, this pill grab bag goes crazy.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Instead, survey after survey reveals that significant portions of the public adopt an eclectic and unstable grab bag of beliefs and ideas.
—Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The mystery grab bags have become one of Trader Joe’s most popular items and sell out very quickly in stores, as shoppers often buy as many as their location will allow them.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grab bag
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Idaho adults pay about $145 for a sportsman’s package that includes fishing and hunting licenses and a variety of tags for species including deer, elk, bear, mountain lion and wolf.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2026
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For the April 7 Missouri local elections, governments around the Kansas City area are asking their voters to pay for city services in a variety of ways.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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This assortment also includes a large selection of earrings, bracelets, anklets, rings, hair tie sets, keychains and more.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The first release of an eight-album series in which American composer and pianist Michael Harrison collaborates with a global assortment of artists combining Eastern and Western musical traditions.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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For their meal, the couple enjoyed steak and a medley of seafood, including lobster, sea bass, oysters, clams, and shrimp.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
4 Apr. 2026
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For the elder millennials, the bittersweet spot was the medleys of older Kanye cuts released from 2004 to 2016 (think The College Dropout to The Life of Pablo).—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
2 Apr. 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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In a roadside brewery in the zero-waste village of Kamikatsu in Tokoshima, the pub’s triple-height seating area looks like a collage of windows in every size, affording a vertical panorama of mountains.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
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In this pre-synthesizer age, Bebe and Louis Barron utilized a mind-blowing selection of electronic gizmos to create a unique collage of otherworldly noise.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Tigers’ 2025-26 portal class was a mixed bag.—
Joseph Pastilha,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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But similar-sized cities beyond state lines offered a mixed bag, with some leaders elsewhere making significantly more than in Charlotte.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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Seasoned with a blend of soy, garlic, sesame and spice, the Ramyeon McShaker Fries are inspired by Rumi, Mira and Zoey's go-to noodle snack.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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In this case, that blend of tradition and artistic interpretation resulted in a final product that stood out—if not entirely for the reasons the bride expected.—
Claire Dodds,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Grab bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grab%20bag. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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