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
Assembled by Christine Guérard over her lifetime, the antiques collection is a melange of colorful Persian carpets, oil paintings, fine French cabinetry, and Asian objets d’art.
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Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 20 Jan. 2026
The aromatic melange smells even better knowing the ingredients are sustainably sourced since they’re all vetted in partnership with conservation ecologists.
—Essence, 5 Jan. 2026
While Bad Bunny’s previous albums also fused different genres — including bossa nova, mambo, rock, merengue and more — this album’s melange was more homegrown.
—Maria Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
The ones made by Graf Lantz have a tidy, contemporary look that plays well with both bold and restrained design preferences, and come in an expressive melange of colors and shapes.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Nov. 2025
Yet the songs, situated in the melange of Black music, cohered through D’Angelo’s resolve.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
For the outing, Kidman wore oversized sunglasses, a grey melange baseball cap with a matching zip-up jacket, and black leggings.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Lueder Designer Marie Lueder was inspired by a melange of things this season — intimate gatherings, medieval carnivals, intense football matches.
—Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, at Café Central, waiters dressed in waistcoats serve melange (a famed Viennese coffee) beneath vaulted ceilings once frequented by Trotsky and Freud.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 20 Jan. 2026
The aromatic melange smells even better knowing the ingredients are sustainably sourced since they’re all vetted in partnership with conservation ecologists.
—Essence, 5 Jan. 2026
While Bad Bunny’s previous albums also fused different genres — including bossa nova, mambo, rock, merengue and more — this album’s melange was more homegrown.
—Maria Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
The ones made by Graf Lantz have a tidy, contemporary look that plays well with both bold and restrained design preferences, and come in an expressive melange of colors and shapes.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Nov. 2025
Yet the songs, situated in the melange of Black music, cohered through D’Angelo’s resolve.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
For the outing, Kidman wore oversized sunglasses, a grey melange baseball cap with a matching zip-up jacket, and black leggings.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Lueder Designer Marie Lueder was inspired by a melange of things this season — intimate gatherings, medieval carnivals, intense football matches.
—Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, at Café Central, waiters dressed in waistcoats serve melange (a famed Viennese coffee) beneath vaulted ceilings once frequented by Trotsky and Freud.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mélange
Noun
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The medley for winter-weary Americans has included everything from aching backs from shoveling to sore throats to frozen noses.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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That year, while the Dallas Cowboys were busy blowing out the Buffalo Bills, Michael Jackson performed a medley of hits.—
Randall Williams,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
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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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The show features 52 images from the museum’s collection dating from 1860 to 1940, all of which were devised using collage or montage.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Roseman had arranged the personnel of the NFL’s top four teams along his wall in a collage intended for comparison.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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What a great variety of stories and advertising.—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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Davies’s direction reflects the variety of threads on which the movie’s subjectivity is based; one of the film’s most striking scenes occurs in the brothers’ absence.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Mélange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/m%C3%A9lange. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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