as in variety
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a mixed bag of professional astronomers and amateur enthusiasts attended the conference
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Recent Examples of mixed bag
The rest of the weekend's box office leaderboards are mixed bags, comprised of new arthouse titles, blockbuster holdovers from 2025, re-releases, and more.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
The animation is a mixed bag, too.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
The storm could bring with it a mixed bag of precipitation, including snow, sleet, and freezing rain, making road conditions dangerous.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Styling is a mixed bag, bringing together items like utility trousers, vintage handbags, romantic florals and lace trim.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Jan. 2026
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
The animation is a mixed bag, too.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
The storm could bring with it a mixed bag of precipitation, including snow, sleet, and freezing rain, making road conditions dangerous.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Styling is a mixed bag, bringing together items like utility trousers, vintage handbags, romantic florals and lace trim.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mixed bag
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First found in the 1930s, this interpretation was later validated by a wide variety of laboratory experiments.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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The menu has shifted to more small plates and skewers, with meats like chicken, shrimp, fish and wagyu beef and a variety of different vegetables.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Who’s Next trade show continued to spread its wings, leaning further into demand for broader assortments as retailers seek opportunities to up the lifestyle quotient in stores and cultivate a community vibe that brings consumers back time after time.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
26 Jan. 2026
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In states like Florida that have robust school-choice programs, funding is beginning to follow students to a much wider assortment of learning environments.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Like last year, all eight nominees in the Best New Artist category will collaborate on a medley.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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This year’s nominees for best new artist—Olivia Dean, Katseye, the Marías, Addison Rae, Sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren, and Lola Young—will all be performing a medley, continuing a beloved tradition that began last year.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
1 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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Those intensive collages implied, and even staged, his successive incarnations across six decades of musical self-reinvention.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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In practice, that meant something similar to his past records—fragments of human voices breaking through collages of tape loops and glitchy errata, warmed by colorful sequences of alien synth work.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
28 Jan. 2026
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Bonds should be reserved for crucial long-term infrastructure projects, not as a grab bag of spending projects the Legislature refuses to prioritize in the normal budgeting process.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe.—
Tracy Alloway,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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