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verb

present participle of mingle

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Recent Examples of mingling
Noun
With the Oscars just weeks away on March 15, the long-running gathering — a ritual dating to 1982 and returning this year after being canceled in 2025 because of the Los Angeles County wildfires — offered the nominees a welcome stretch of easygoing mingling, largely free of competition. Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Such was the case on Friday night, when music industry movers and shakers took over the storied Sunset Tower Hotel’s Terrace Room for an EPIC Records and Hennessy pre-Grammys party, dancing and mingling until the wee hours. Kelsey Stewart, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2026 The streamer’s annual party, which was called off last year due to the Los Angeles fires, is a hot-ticket event each Grammy year, welcoming roughly 1,500 industry attendees for a night of music and mingling. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026 The parties will be open to all festival ticket holders and will include drinks, bites, music and mingling in the lobby spaces of the theatre complex. Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Jan. 2026 Celebrity Cruises Celebrity Cruises is known for its sleek and sophisticated ships, all of which are complete with elegant onboard spaces for drinking, dining, and mingling. Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2026 Over the years, many stars have passed through the Globes' big stage, from Gena Rowlands to Sally Field, to Julia Roberts and more, giving us buzzy fashion moments, heartfelt speeches and of course, the chaos that only a show with Hollywood's most elite mingling and drinking can bring. Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026 Hosted by Miami Jews, the kosher-style buffet dinner starts with lighting candles and blessings over the challah and wine, and continues with a night of mingling, sipping cocktails, and getting to know other young Jews. Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026 The screening room — decked in beige, as was the curtained foyer — allowed for more mingling before lights went down and the screening began. Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
Verb
Not only are there more people mingling and filling the streets with energy, but the street art, shop signs, and inviting glow from storefronts transform it into a different world that feels very Vegas, but low-key. Mackenzie Jervis, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026 Those mingling throughout included a mix of actors and music artists, among them Will Price, Mckenna Grace, Flowerovlove, Odessa Young, Ji-Young Yoo, Julia Butters and Odeya Rush. Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026 The campaign features the trio mingling at a wedding and mayhem ensuing when a Bud Light keg rolls down a steel hill. John Kell, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026 Inside the Beverly Hilton more than an hour before the awards show was set to begin, stars were mingling, including none other than Jenna Rink and Matty Flamhaff! Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026 The Golden Globes telecast has always delivered fun moments for viewers by including all the shots of famous people mixing and mingling during breaks. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026 For the most part, the funeral of Tatiana Schlossberg in New York City Monday was like other Kennedy funeral, a public spectacle that draws members of the large, famous family mingling with some of America’s most powerful and politically connected people. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026 Most of her onstage costumes are very much in the showgirl vein, but Lopez wore a classic staple while mingling with fans backstage. Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 Jan. 2026 Games are the perfect way to get everyone mingling at your New Year’s Eve party. Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mingling
Noun
  • Without aluminum alloys and other metallic mixtures, assembly lines churning out modern tanks, trucks and airplanes would grind to a halt.
    Thomas Robertson, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The initial half-hour of rain is when roads are slickest due to a mixture of rain, grime, and oil.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • By adjusting slurry mixing and drying protocols alone, the team reduced internal ionic resistance in their test electrodes by up to 40 percent.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Feb. 2026
  • If the tea tastes too strong, consider mixing your concoction with another beverage, such as green tea or cold lemonade.
    PubSubHub User, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • This rhetoric is employed to justify the state taking life, by associating the dead with national villainy.
    Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
  • This result is likely because of stereotypes associating Asian American students with higher GPAs and Black students with lower GPAs.
    Kenji Yoshino, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The creative duo embark on a weekend excursion to sample the city’s spirited mix of regional history, world-class innovation, and natural splendor—discovering how much is in reach of this buzzy but unhurried Gulf nexus.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Feb. 2026
  • My schoolteachers introduced me to a mix of African and Kenyan classics by such authors as Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • With a dedication to combining the Renaissance with a modern aesthetic, his design ethos embodies fashion futurism, technology and cultural heritage.
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Somali officials say operations will continue in coordination with international partners, combining ground offensives, intelligence gathering and reconstruction efforts in retaken towns.
    Omar Faruk, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But a rare bird spotted in Texas suggests there's more ornithological intermingling than previously thought.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Throughout the gardens, the pockets of water features, which symbolically flow together to represent the intermingling of cultures, are filled with swimming koi fish, or Japanese carp, spotted with bright orange patches.
    Cemile Kavountzis, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Thus, this detection technique offers scientists a method to create a cosmic map of these merging titans.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The news comes after Deadline revealed BBC Studios was merging production and sales in London to create a global content unit.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • On Monday, hundreds of millions of viewers witnessed an unprecedented fusion of ancient tradition and cutting-edge robotics at the 2026 China Media Group Spring Festival Gala.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Stars use fusion to generate hundreds of times the energy stored even gravitationally.
    Big Think, Big Think, 16 Feb. 2026

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“Mingling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mingling. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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