as in jumble
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
gave away a ragbag of souvenirs and trinkets she had accumulated over the years
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Recent Examples of ragbag
This roving ragbag was going to wind up scaring off the clientele.
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Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Set at a different gathering or celebration each week, the show followed Los Angeles’s worst catering crew—a ragbag of struggling actors, writers, and comedians glued to their flip phones, who approach basic hospitality like an exotic custom.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2023
In our ragbag of stereotypes, ostriches have thus become the quintessential dim-witted animals.
—National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2020
The result is a colorful, yet cohesive ragbag that’s symbolic of the cultural diversity in today’s society.
—Andrea Alonso, Los Angeles Magazine, 4 Apr. 2018
Thirty-two of its passengers—a ragbag of revolutionaries and their family members—were on their way to Russia.
—Andrew Stuttaford, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2017
Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Set at a different gathering or celebration each week, the show followed Los Angeles’s worst catering crew—a ragbag of struggling actors, writers, and comedians glued to their flip phones, who approach basic hospitality like an exotic custom.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2023
In our ragbag of stereotypes, ostriches have thus become the quintessential dim-witted animals.
—National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2020
The result is a colorful, yet cohesive ragbag that’s symbolic of the cultural diversity in today’s society.
—Andrea Alonso, Los Angeles Magazine, 4 Apr. 2018
Thirty-two of its passengers—a ragbag of revolutionaries and their family members—were on their way to Russia.
—Andrew Stuttaford, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ragbag
Noun
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The result also spotlights conference championships’ awkward fit in the current system, particularly given the fact that conference expansion has led to jumbles atop each league’s standings.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
7 Dec. 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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After applauding the win, Murphy didn’t stay to watch Hudson win her category (Best Supporting Actress) or to enjoy his costars’ medley of the film’s three Best Original Song nominees, resulting in speculation he was angered by his loss.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
3 Jan. 2026
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Here's where to base yourself while discovering Portugal's vast medley of landscapes.—
Deanna Romano,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Jan. 2026
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The Who’s Next trade show continued to spread its wings, leaning further into demand for broader assortments as retailers seek opportunities to up the lifestyle quotient in stores and cultivate a community vibe that brings consumers back time after time.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
26 Jan. 2026
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In states like Florida that have robust school-choice programs, funding is beginning to follow students to a much wider assortment of learning environments.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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First found in the 1930s, this interpretation was later validated by a wide variety of laboratory experiments.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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The menu has shifted to more small plates and skewers, with meats like chicken, shrimp, fish and wagyu beef and a variety of different vegetables.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
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Those intensive collages implied, and even staged, his successive incarnations across six decades of musical self-reinvention.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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In practice, that meant something similar to his past records—fragments of human voices breaking through collages of tape loops and glitchy errata, warmed by colorful sequences of alien synth work.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
28 Jan. 2026
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