as in assortments
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a medley of snack foods available on the buffet table
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Recent Examples of medleys
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).
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Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 2 Apr. 2026
This 27-track collection features updated mixes of iconic live performances alongside new remixes and medleys of classic Elvis recordings.
—Bob Mehr, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 18 Feb. 2026
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
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
A lot of those songs wind up in the polka medleys.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Over the years, the telecast has become a predictable parade of tributes, medleys, and artist showcases, all sandwiched between award presentations that seem to please no one but the person who wins them—and even then, that’s not guaranteed.
—Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 3 Feb. 2025
And the amount of attention given to these legacy medleys inexplicably dwarfed some of the high-profile modern pop performers.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 2 Apr. 2026
This 27-track collection features updated mixes of iconic live performances alongside new remixes and medleys of classic Elvis recordings.
—Bob Mehr, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 18 Feb. 2026
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
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
A lot of those songs wind up in the polka medleys.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Over the years, the telecast has become a predictable parade of tributes, medleys, and artist showcases, all sandwiched between award presentations that seem to please no one but the person who wins them—and even then, that’s not guaranteed.
—Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 3 Feb. 2025
And the amount of attention given to these legacy medleys inexplicably dwarfed some of the high-profile modern pop performers.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medleys
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According to Brousseau, retailers are increasingly looking to pair contemporary fine jewelry with vintage and estate offerings in order to create more differentiated assortments.—
Thomas Waller,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
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The company curates snack and pantry assortments for properties including the Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, as well as corporate clients like OpenAI's New York office.—
Esha Chhabra,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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Tree peonies, fern peonies, and woodland peonies bloom first; hybrid varieties, like true reds and corals, bloom mid-season; and other peonies bloom in the latter half of spring.—
Blythe Copeland,
Martha Stewart,
4 June 2026
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Endless varieties of insect larvae also make astonishingly effective baits, but few fishermen — except ice-fishermen who buy mealworms and waxworms in bait shops — even use them.—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 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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Since the early 1960s, her drawings, watercolors, acrylics, and collages have run like scenic byways along the whooshing turnpike of contemporary art.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The exhibition’s denim collages — cacti, mountains, fences, car keys — frame AI as the latest version of an old American sales pitch.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
26 May 2026
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“Medleys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medleys. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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