patchwork quilt

noun

Definition of patchwork quiltnext
as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things the essay isn't so much a cogent argument as a patchwork quilt of the writer's random musings

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Recent Examples of patchwork quilt At the end you’re rewarded with a view of a patchwork quilt of green fields joining all seven Basque provinces on either side of the border. — Catherine Bennett, AFAR Media, 27 Jan. 2026 His company provides a patchwork quilt of services to creative talent, from financing to physical production to distribution. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026 In the Basque County, La Rioja Alavesa’s vineyards ripple across the hillsides like a patchwork quilt, stitched together by ancient stone villages like Laguardia. — Spain Tourism, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025 Check out trending designs like patchwork quilt and blue-and-green plaid. — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for patchwork quilt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patchwork quilt
  1. medley
  2. variety
  3. assortment
  4. jumble
  5. collage
  6. crazy quilt
  7. alphabet soup
Noun
  • This recipe is the perfect medley of onion dip and cucumber salad that is better than store-bought.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 July 2026
  • And for more of a medley, consider three different colorways to line a midcentury-modern lap pool.
    — Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 30 June 2026
Definition of medley
Noun
  • Instead of choosing one flavor of pre-packaged candy, Swedish supermarkets and candy stores have a variety of bins full of sweets for shoppers to pluck from.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
  • Today, some bright spots aside, the Art Deco District’s historic commercial spine is a drab length of vacant and unkempt storefronts, smoke shops, liquor stores, fast-food outlets, cheap T-shirt emporia and other varieties of tourist trap.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of variety
Noun
  • And The Agentic Economy From demand forecasting and assortment planning to pricing, recommendations and inventory optimization, AI is accelerating and sharpening decision-making across the aftermarket.
    — Anan Bishara, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The reindeer live on the Ritter farm with an assortment of other animals, the stars of her petting zoo.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Definition of assortment
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  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of jumble
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • One thing that Mamdani should do on property taxes is push to reform the crazy quilt and unfair system.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • There’s everything from 19th-century crazy quilts to vintage napkins, even a bag of stretchy strings.
    — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025
Definition of crazy quilt
Noun
  • This mom-and-pop image clashes with the reality that the independents, as they are known, are highly organized into an alphabet soup of newly influential lobbying groups — with Hildebrand a member of several.
    — Alex Cuadros, ProPublica, 16 June 2026
  • Blazes caused by lightning strikes, on the other hand, are named with an alphabet soup of letters and numbers chosen to reflect where and in what order the fires are reported, KTVU reported.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Definition of alphabet soup

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“Patchwork quilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patchwork%20quilt. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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