as in varieties
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a mélange of outfits for her workouts at the gym
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Noun
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Starting from seed can be unreliable due to cross-pollination among different varieties.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025 -
The lineup features plenty of nostalgic nods to dating through the decades, haunt-worthy game show taglines and quite a few varieties of fake facial hair.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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In the comments of Kelly’s TikTok, fans made side-by-side collages of baby Sidney and Ozzy, calling them twins.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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The familiar formula of group portraits, superlatives, and tacky collages was already in place, and already stale.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Here, she's seen performing on her variety show, which featured a number of famous guests and her own musical medleys.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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A lot of those songs wind up in the polka medleys.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 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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“Mélanges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/m%C3%A9langes. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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