as in varieties
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
drew his artistic inspiration from the city's rich gumbo of musical styles
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Recent Examples of gumbos
Unlike many Cajun restaurants with good platters but weak gumbos and sides, Cocodrie’s excels at everything.
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Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
On the flip side, this thickening agent is put to good use in dishes like gumbos, stews, and curries.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
On the flip side, this thickening agent is put to good use in dishes like gumbos, stews, and curries.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gumbos
Noun
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Minute Maid's frozen juices - including several varieties of orange juice, lemonade and limeade - will be discontinued by April, with inventory available while supplies last, Coca-Cola said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Other varieties include a fun skirt with a threadbare T-shirt, or Brandy Melville basics offset by aggressively A-lister sunglasses.—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Its proprietary planner, then, aims to replace the traditionally tedious, labor-intensive methods for aggregating seasonal assortments across brands.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Jan. 2026
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Plus, a custom Jibbitz mural by local NYC artist Jon Contino provides a social-ready moment on the second floor, which also showcases the brand’s lifestyle, Crocs @ Work, kids, and toddler assortments.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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While further details on how the segment will work were not immediately available, awards shows often have multi-artist performances delivered as tight medleys, although eight is a lot.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
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Here, she's seen performing on her variety show, which featured a number of famous guests and her own musical medleys.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The result also spotlights conference championships’ awkward fit in the current system, particularly given the fact that conference expansion has led to jumbles atop each league’s standings.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
7 Dec. 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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Those intensive collages implied, and even staged, his successive incarnations across six decades of musical self-reinvention.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Jangly guitars and vaporwave sample collages shiver and burst, while Ritchie raps with an improvisational sensibility.—
Benny Sun,
Pitchfork,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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While most jambalayas are made with rice cooked with ham, sausage, chicken, shrimp, or oysters and seasoned with herbs, some recipes call for tomatoes or celery, while others do not.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Gumbos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gumbos. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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