as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
the state senate must contend with a veritable salad of legislative measures before it can adjourn for the session
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Recent Examples of salad
The Pick Six Pack (feeds up to 10; $145 in NYC, $138 elsewhere) has four regular pizzas (one topping), two salads, one order of Garlic sticks, and two orders of bone-in wings.
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Yet the most telling symbol of this new romance may not be a luxury meal, but a convenience‑store egg salad sandwich or a Lawson onigiri, which young travelers rave about for being cheap and predictably good.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
The fast-casual pizza chain’s menu includes craft pizza, fresh pastas, beer, wings, salad and more.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
The dinner includes salad, pasta with marinara or meat sauce, soft drinks or coffee, and dessert.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Yet the most telling symbol of this new romance may not be a luxury meal, but a convenience‑store egg salad sandwich or a Lawson onigiri, which young travelers rave about for being cheap and predictably good.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
The fast-casual pizza chain’s menu includes craft pizza, fresh pastas, beer, wings, salad and more.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
The dinner includes salad, pasta with marinara or meat sauce, soft drinks or coffee, and dessert.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salad
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The medley for winter-weary Americans has included everything from aching backs from shoveling to sore throats to frozen noses.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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That year, while the Dallas Cowboys were busy blowing out the Buffalo Bills, Michael Jackson performed a medley of hits.—
Randall Williams,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
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What a great variety of stories and advertising.—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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Davies’s direction reflects the variety of threads on which the movie’s subjectivity is based; one of the film’s most striking scenes occurs in the brothers’ absence.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Industry insiders explained how the assortment of signals and models underpinning the algorithms are helping the sector navigate precious metals’ wild ride.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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Gaga worked with Sarah Tanno on her glam, who used an assortment of products by Haus Labs.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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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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Holding a collage of photos of his sister, Joaquin Freire detailed how his sister Gloria Marcia Hall was devoted to her two daughters — until she was taken from them by a drunk driver almost two decades ago.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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Scrolling through the results, Benning then selected a diverse set of reference images and turned these into digital collages on an app on their phone, finally executing them on paper through the highly personal and painstaking medium of watercolor.—
Alex Bacon,
Artforum,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Salad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salad. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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