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as in eclectic
consisting of many things of different sorts
the team was a ragtag bunch who had only one thing in common: a lack of skill
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as in tattered
wearing torn or worn out clothes
a ragtag and weary regiment arrived back at headquarters with the latest news from the front
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Recent Examples of ragtag
The musical features a ragtag group who help Jesus tell various parables.
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Mo Rocca, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Between Peppermint Party inviting the Peanuts gang to Charlie Brown's house and Snoopy cooking up his own version of a Thanksgiving meal with Woodstock, the ragtag group of friends has quite a bit to sort out on Turkey Day, especially Charlie Brown, who was supposed to visit his grandmother.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
Loomer still presents her social-media posts as a public service supported by a ragtag group of fans and concerned citizens who send her small donations via the grassroots platform Buy Me a Coffee.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Burr plays a gruff American record-store owner who convinces a ragtag gang of teenage misfits that their best, and possibly only, chance to lose their virginity before graduating high school is at a massive open-air mass for the visiting Pope.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
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Mo Rocca, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Between Peppermint Party inviting the Peanuts gang to Charlie Brown's house and Snoopy cooking up his own version of a Thanksgiving meal with Woodstock, the ragtag group of friends has quite a bit to sort out on Turkey Day, especially Charlie Brown, who was supposed to visit his grandmother.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
Loomer still presents her social-media posts as a public service supported by a ragtag group of fans and concerned citizens who send her small donations via the grassroots platform Buy Me a Coffee.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Burr plays a gruff American record-store owner who convinces a ragtag gang of teenage misfits that their best, and possibly only, chance to lose their virginity before graduating high school is at a massive open-air mass for the visiting Pope.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ragtag
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More than 550 people attended to cheer on the eclectic group of trailblazers, stars and out-and-out icons.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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The eclectic design mixes the modern and the historic bones of the building, and the rooftop bar offers splendid views of the city.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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Kick your tattered bath mat to the curb, and grab the Yimobra Memory Foam Bath Rug before the deal expires.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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The textured look included Roberto Cavalli tattered pants in a deep burgundy, worn with brown Miu Miu leggings underneath, a Dolce & Gabbana corset, and a Hermès by Jean Paul Gaultier shawl.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Two recent Roxbury city councilors, Tania Fernandes Anderson and Chuck Turner, have ended up in federal prison for assorted heists.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Member's Mark Assorted Cookie Tray More than 7,000 Sam's Club shoppers agree the Member's Mark Assorted Cookie Tray, which contains 84 assorted cookies, is a warehouse winner.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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Her breath was becoming more ragged.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
7 Jan. 2026
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The five pieces offer, in turn, biomorphic hints of de Kooning, the ragged shapes of Clyfford Still, the bold geometries of Ellsworth Kelly, the paint smears of Gerhard Richter, and something that looks like toothpaste squeezed onto an orange peel.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Those funders’ business models varied.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Experts say beef tallow isn’t heart-healthy, but using it sometimes can fit into a balanced, varied diet.—
Bridget Shirvell,
Martha Stewart,
11 Jan. 2026
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Participants can sculpt with air-dry clay, paint on canvas, or craft a collage or mixed-media piece such as a design vision board.—
Staff Author,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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The experience left them with mixed emotions.—
Sean Clancy,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Ragtag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ragtag. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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