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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
Every moment is brimming with whimsical detail, from lacy-white magical threads that are conjured out of thin air, to a giant talking catfish who looks like he’s made out of a colorful patchwork quilt, and glowing azure glass bottles that adorn a gnarled tree, just begging to be plucked.
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Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
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
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Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patchwork quilt
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For more than a decade, Combs’s legendary White Parties attracted a medley of stars to the Hamptons, Los Angeles, and Saint-Tropez.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2025
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The rapper recognized the 30th anniversary of his In A Major Way sophomore album and performed a medley of fan-favorite records in the intimate setting.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
2 June 2025
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Read on for compact desk options from some of our favorite retailers in a variety of styles, including midcentury secretary desks, laptop styles, minimalist ladder options that attach to the wall, and more.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
3 June 2025
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Amazon has the best Apple Watch discounts right now at 18% off across a variety of colors and styles.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2025
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Fine Mess Bakery offers an assortment of beautiful pastries and, on weekends, excellent bread, while Isabel’s Espresso has coffee lovers covered.—
Leslie Kelly,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Walmart stores have an assortment of over 150,000 items in a location.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
5 June 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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The exhibition features a new body of work Sutherland created from 2024 to 2025, including large-scale abstract paintings, collage that weaves together drawings, photographs, stickers and found images, and sculpture.—
Alia Yee Noll,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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The tribute included a sweet collage of throwback photos of White over the years.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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There’s everything from 19th-century crazy quilts to vintage napkins, even a bag of stretchy strings.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
6 June 2025
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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
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Over the past eight decades, the United Nations has expanded to encompass an alphabet soup of humanitarian agencies and subsidiary organs with colossal, overlapping ambitions, supported by layers and layers of middle managers.—
Amanda Chicago Lewis,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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My journey required no specialists, no injections, no alphabet soup of assisted reproductive acronyms.—
Anonymous,
Vogue,
10 May 2025
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“Patchwork quilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patchwork%20quilt. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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