1
as in to confuse
to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related
you've mixed piety up with pietism
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2
as in to disrupt
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
in my rush I had mixed up the files and had to sort them out later
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as in mistake
an instance of confusion
there was a mix-up at the airport and our luggage was accidentally sent to Ohio
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Recent Examples of mix (up)
Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Even now, Worthington wonders whether that mix-up might have counted against him when Chelsea made a number of cuts to their scouting department later that year.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
But when all your products look the same, isn't a mix-up inevitable?
—Caelan McMichael, Allure, 7 Oct. 2025
Label your bulbs now to avoid frustrating mix-ups later.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
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Noun
While joking with Meyers, Swift revealed her fiancé, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, made a massive mix-up at one of her Eras Tour shows.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Even now, Worthington wonders whether that mix-up might have counted against him when Chelsea made a number of cuts to their scouting department later that year.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
But when all your products look the same, isn't a mix-up inevitable?
—Caelan McMichael, Allure, 7 Oct. 2025
Label your bulbs now to avoid frustrating mix-ups later.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mix (up)
Verb
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One of the higher-ups felt my title Stairway to Heaven would be confused with the 1939 movie of the same name.—
Cameron Crowe,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Historically, people disguised themselves in mystical and mythical ensembles time of year in order to confuse ghosts and deter them from wreaking havoc; the Celts even carved faces into vegetables to keep the entities away from their food.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The real passengers on the ship were not particularly delighted to have large camera cables and lights and people disrupting their vacations.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Corn can provide carbohydrates, which can be vital to deer during the winter for a burst of energy, Edge said, but an increase in carbs can disrupt the animal's gut chemistry and affect digestion, much like giving children a lot of candy bars.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Let the rookie learn on the fly, make mistakes, and grow.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Get your fruit trees off to a strong start by avoiding these common planting mistakes.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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And after Paulsen’s five seasons in Washington, several of those Shanahan-tree coaches indeed shuffled Paulsen from building to building, staff to staff.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The abrupt departure stunned the crowd, prompting confusion both in the audience and among his bandmates.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
25 Oct. 2025
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Teddy’s reasoning is a confusion of save-the-world alarmism, garden-variety derangement, unhealed trauma, and single-minded revenge.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Conventional cleanup techniques often worsen the problem by disturbing soil structures and consuming large amounts of energy.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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There is trash and pollutants from the tourists and gravel has been mined from the area to make trekking routes for people, disturbing the places where females may have laid their eggs, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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There are fewer opportunities for foul-ups and mishandling between flights when there are fewer connections and layovers.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
5 Mar. 2025
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That foul-up then gets included in the series of questions and answers, causing the final answer to go askew.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
7 Sep. 2024
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“Mix (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mix%20%28up%29. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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