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mixed bag

noun

Definition of mixed bag

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 Their four picks after that were a mixed bag, though, and that was their class for me as a whole. — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 27 June 2026 But the visuals are a mixed bag. — James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 24 June 2026 Venus aligns with Neptune and struggles with Pluto today, creating a mixed bag in relationships. — Usa Today, USA Today, 17 June 2026 His three years with Colorado were a bit of a mixed bag. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mixed bag

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Vesper Theatre's main performance space, an 80-seat black box theater, can support a variety of art forms from dance to theater to film.

— Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
The trio are all therapies for multiple myeloma, a complex type of blood cancer where patients may need a variety of treatments to help fight the disease.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 15 July 2026

Definition of variety

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Phillips said the league worked with consultants and did 10,000 simulated season outcomes to ensure the model addressed an assortment of championship scenarios.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Famous for their aromatic leaves and fast growth rates, mints of all sorts naturally repel an assortment of garden pests and keep ants away, too1.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2026

Definition of assortment

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The tarot is a full 78-card deck, with each card an original work of art, usually a composite of gouache painting and collage/lithography.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Hanging above a 19th-century Swedish-oak trestle table sourced from Adam Lloyd is a framed hand-cut paper collage by Lena Wolff.

— Genevieve Walker, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026

Definition of collage

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Three of the five subtypes were different flavors of night owls, and two were early birds—each with a grab bag of different properties.

— Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 July 2026
Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe.

— Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg, 23 June 2026

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