as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a mélange of outfits for her workouts at the gym
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Recent Examples of mélange
The steep, winding streets of Old Town invite travelers to slow down and admire the melange of medieval, Gothic, and Renaissance architecture.
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Anna Haines, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
Botto Giuseppe’s collection featured a range of high-quality fabrics with unique properties, including fine wool textiles, combed melange flannels, Donegal tweeds, stretch cashmere, and luxury tailoring fabrics.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 11 July 2025
This epic yet concise 90-minute local history melange is told through short vignettes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
The second half, directed by Angela Barnes, is a messier melange, culminating in a blatant setup for Riri’s next appearance, whether in a Season 2 or some other property.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 25 June 2025
And last but not least, Windsor Festival is a melange of bergamot, florals including neroli and ylang ylang plus sandalwood.
—Jackie Fields, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The white pulp’s taste is a melange of apple and cucumber and it may be eaten raw or cooked.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025
Beyoncé’s attitude toward America is implicitly complicated, in other words — though not as complicated as the musical melange that keeps everyone’s bodies moving and heads doing 360s for three hours.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
But still, the agave spirit is crucial to this melange of booze.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
Anna Haines, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
Botto Giuseppe’s collection featured a range of high-quality fabrics with unique properties, including fine wool textiles, combed melange flannels, Donegal tweeds, stretch cashmere, and luxury tailoring fabrics.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 11 July 2025
This epic yet concise 90-minute local history melange is told through short vignettes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
The second half, directed by Angela Barnes, is a messier melange, culminating in a blatant setup for Riri’s next appearance, whether in a Season 2 or some other property.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 25 June 2025
And last but not least, Windsor Festival is a melange of bergamot, florals including neroli and ylang ylang plus sandalwood.
—Jackie Fields, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The white pulp’s taste is a melange of apple and cucumber and it may be eaten raw or cooked.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025
Beyoncé’s attitude toward America is implicitly complicated, in other words — though not as complicated as the musical melange that keeps everyone’s bodies moving and heads doing 360s for three hours.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
But still, the agave spirit is crucial to this melange of booze.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mélange
Noun
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Maybe even playing the Super Bowl with a medley of her biggest hits from over the years?—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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The group’s Daft Punk medley, which has been viewed 381 million times on YouTube, won them their first of three Grammy Awards.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
14 Aug. 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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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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Hughes also created a collage of photos from his visit to the Walt Disney World golf course.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The two paintings, fusing collage and paint into layered, almost tactile compositions, add color and texture to the rarefied terrain of alpine luxury, where during winter skiers slice through snow drifts painted into presence.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
11 Aug. 2025
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This was flanked by day-one support from hardware companies, including Nvidia and AMD, and cloud providers, like Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS, to ensure that the model ran smoothly on a variety of systems.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Aug. 2025
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Google came back with a variety of domestic and international destinations that fit my description.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Mélange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/m%C3%A9lange. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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