as in blends
a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things
guacamole is usually a mix of avocado, tomato, onion, and spices
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as in combines
to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout
those ingredients should not be mixed until the last stage of the recipe
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as in mingles
to take part in social activities
happily mixing with the other guests at the party
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Recent Examples of mixes
Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025
There’s so much still to do — sound mixes, color timing, visual effects work, and then the gauntlet of promotion.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Poodles and poodle mixes will be the stars at the annual Poodle Palooza Extravaganza fundraiser on Saturday in Rancho Bernardo’s Webb Park.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Lastly, many candle makers may blend waxes for proprietary mixes that balance scent throw, burn quality, and environmental impact.
—Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
However, plants with hairy leaves or plants in soilless mixes may do better by being watered from the bottom.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
The Duchess of Sussex's newest wine joins As ever's collection of shelf-stable food products including fruit preserves, flower sprinkles and baking mixes, connecting to her passions for cooking and entertaining as seen on her Netflix series, With Love, Meghan.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Kids can also expand their repertoire with assorted refill mixes of pizza and sprinkle brownies, sold separately.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
This gift set is packed with six different hot chocolate mixes in various rich flavors (salted caramel and toasted marshmallow among them).
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2025
Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
In true Cotopaxi fashion, the packable jacket mixes bold colors with a functional, cozy fit that’s filled with down and is perfect for hiking, camping, and other active adventures.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Pancho, on the other hand, insists that chicha is specifically Tropical Andina, a sub-genre that mixes Colombian cumbia with Andean folkloric music, known as huayno.
—NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
The brand’s fashion line is crafted from brass, finished in either rhodium or 21-karat gold, while the fine jewelry collection mixes metals of 925 sterling silver and 21-karat gold plating.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Able to carry up to twelve low-yield warheads (100–300 kt), Layner supports mixed-yield loadouts and advanced countermeasures — extensive decoys and configurable warhead/decoy mixes — while its reentry vehicles reportedly perform in-flight maneuvering and re-targeting to defeat missile.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
The Buccaneers, which mixes soapy costume drama with Taylor Swift songs, has been well reviewed by critics (72% Rotten Tomatoes average) and has developed a devoted following but has not broken out the way some of Apple TV+’s broad-appeal hits have.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Linida’s typical day mixes school, training, hanging out with friends and household chores, with small moments of joy offering brief relief from fear.
—Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
The machine mixes the ingredients continuously around a cooling cylinder, causing tiny ice crystals to form rather than freezing the liquid into a big solid block.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
Gosselin says that Pickering’s original masters were lost, and the mixes that made it onto the record began in 2022 after Gosselin sought Pickering’s input.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025
There’s so much still to do — sound mixes, color timing, visual effects work, and then the gauntlet of promotion.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Poodles and poodle mixes will be the stars at the annual Poodle Palooza Extravaganza fundraiser on Saturday in Rancho Bernardo’s Webb Park.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Lastly, many candle makers may blend waxes for proprietary mixes that balance scent throw, burn quality, and environmental impact.
—Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
However, plants with hairy leaves or plants in soilless mixes may do better by being watered from the bottom.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
The Duchess of Sussex's newest wine joins As ever's collection of shelf-stable food products including fruit preserves, flower sprinkles and baking mixes, connecting to her passions for cooking and entertaining as seen on her Netflix series, With Love, Meghan.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Kids can also expand their repertoire with assorted refill mixes of pizza and sprinkle brownies, sold separately.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
This gift set is packed with six different hot chocolate mixes in various rich flavors (salted caramel and toasted marshmallow among them).
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
The all-new Bourbon Caramel Iced Coffee mixes a rich, bourbon-caramel flavor (non-alcoholic) with smooth cold brew iced coffee over SONIC’s signature nugget ice.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
In true Cotopaxi fashion, the packable jacket mixes bold colors with a functional, cozy fit that’s filled with down and is perfect for hiking, camping, and other active adventures.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Pancho, on the other hand, insists that chicha is specifically Tropical Andina, a sub-genre that mixes Colombian cumbia with Andean folkloric music, known as huayno.
—NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
The brand’s fashion line is crafted from brass, finished in either rhodium or 21-karat gold, while the fine jewelry collection mixes metals of 925 sterling silver and 21-karat gold plating.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Able to carry up to twelve low-yield warheads (100–300 kt), Layner supports mixed-yield loadouts and advanced countermeasures — extensive decoys and configurable warhead/decoy mixes — while its reentry vehicles reportedly perform in-flight maneuvering and re-targeting to defeat missile.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
The Buccaneers, which mixes soapy costume drama with Taylor Swift songs, has been well reviewed by critics (72% Rotten Tomatoes average) and has developed a devoted following but has not broken out the way some of Apple TV+’s broad-appeal hits have.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Linida’s typical day mixes school, training, hanging out with friends and household chores, with small moments of joy offering brief relief from fear.
—Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
The machine mixes the ingredients continuously around a cooling cylinder, causing tiny ice crystals to form rather than freezing the liquid into a big solid block.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mixes
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Elazar-Halevi’s fast-paced, live-action YA thriller blends espionage, romance, and coming-of-age drama set against the backdrops of major cities around the world.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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Special fiber blends are used for lightweight fabrics that bring durability and breathability into summer denim.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Oct. 2025
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Our proprietary technology combines geospatial analysis, artificial intelligence, and data science to identify rural properties with high potential both for environmental preservation and for deforestation risk.—
Tarciana Medeiros,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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His world view combines a traditional conservative’s belief that government spending is out of control and the culture-warrior ethos of the Trumpian right.—
Andy Kroll,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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Vandal Palma, takes an international approach to its menu, resulting in creative mixtures like a ceviche in a crisp, edible cone with coconut foam inspired by Thai and Peruvian flavors (€7).—
Emilio Parra Doiztua,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Blooms reach five inches across and appear in flaming red, pink, yellow, orange, and in all possible versions and mixtures of these colors.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
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This system merges lithium and sodium ions to dramatically enhance capacity and stability.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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At Guardian Litigation Group, the team has created a model that merges legal representation directly into the debt resolution process.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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This integrates custom hardware, AI models, motion systems, and software.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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This time around, the winner will be the platform that integrates AI features seamlessly without jeopardizing privacy.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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To overcome this limitation, the researchers turned to tin, a metal known to form high-capacity Na–Sn alloys capable of storing nearly three times more charge.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Truckle is made of German silver and jeweler’s bronze, which Andrews described as nickel alloys.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
Freep.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Music unites the interconnecting stories in this saga and expands its passions, with a sumptuous score by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens that taps into a wide range of American styles, idioms and amalgams, even as the second act turns more dissonant.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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The descriptions of songwriting, too, are amalgams of their creative processes.—
Katy Hershberger
August 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Aug. 2025
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The apparatus is an automatic closed system that incorporates a fermentation vat and a centrifuge to simulate lunar gravity.—
David Szondy
October 19,
New Atlas,
19 Oct. 2025
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The open-air theater incorporates the desert landscape, allowing audiences to watch the sunset behind the stage.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Mixes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mixes. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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