patchwork quilt

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Recent Examples of patchwork quilt If your flooring looks more like a patchwork quilt thanks to choppy updates and renovations throughout the years, consider an area rug in the entry that can blend or even camouflage the mismatched look. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025 The patchwork quilt that makes up America has not reached the point of equal opportunity for all citizens. Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025 America has always been a great innovator, but our regulation is sort of a patchwork quilt and very erratic in that way. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2025 The domestic diva is also marking the holidays with a new collection for JCPenney that includes a patchwork quilt, kitchen and dinnerware and bath products, sold both in-store and online. Erin Clements, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for patchwork quilt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patchwork quilt
Noun
  • Progress and a medley of LLCs registered to its legal address control thousands of homes across Tarrant County, a small yet meaningful chunk of the company’s national single family rental empire.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2025
  • Another medley found stars gathering a tribute to Keith Urban, who received the ACM Triple Crown Award.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Its adaptable, low-profile design fits into a variety of spaces without the bulk of traditional units.
    Jon Stojan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • The commission currently helps cover rent for around 17,000 households through a variety of programs, all of which are federally funded.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • By 2014, Buffett held a 23.4% stake in the company, now called Graham Holdings, which owns an assortment of properties in the media, health care and automotive industries.
    Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 13 May 2025
  • City council members had an assortment of questions about the sale of the artwork, the university’s junk bond status by Moody’s, and whether the university had a backup plan if the council voted against pitching in with the bond issue.
    Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Baker also leads the orchestra, which sounds grand — although the sound in the arts center’s Pugh Theater often left musicians, lead singers and chorus all at the same level, with actors speaking over all of it at the same time to create a sonic jumble.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The sparkling pop-up features customization stations, a photo booth, giveaways from Cake Monkey Bakery and Hi-Chew, sips from Coca-Cola and a Pinterest collage activation.
    Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Seashells in My Mother’s Garden and The Giant Boulder Rolling Down, featuring eight large-scale paintings and three intricate collage works on paper, is on view through May 31.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Without saying so explicitly, Gottlieb nailed the biggest challenge that the L.A. teams, and probably all four of the West Coast additions to the Big Ten, have faced all season, a crazy quilt schedule and insane travel.
    Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The paintings of Mickalene Thomas are big, bold, gaudy, and beautiful, embedded with rhinestones, daubed with phosphorescent color, and composed like crazy quilts.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • My journey required no specialists, no injections, no alphabet soup of assisted reproductive acronyms.
    Anonymous, Vogue, 10 May 2025
  • Recycling can feel like alphabet soup: PET, PETE, and HDPE can be picked up through most curbside recycling programs and recycled into various products, like furniture, lumber, and bottles.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2025

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“Patchwork quilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patchwork%20quilt. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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