as in varieties
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 salads
If you're done with dinner but not yet ready to head home, climb the stairs to My New Joint—a cocktail lounge, tapas bar, and music venue—for freshly shucked oysters from the east and west coasts of the USA, an adult beverage (or three), and a menu of salads, fondues, and desserts.
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Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
The Pool Grill is another casual option, with things like burgers and salads.
—Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026
Whole fish beautifully grilled, bright and light crudos and tartares, lamb chops, and Mediterranean vegetables and salads that speak to the season.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Avocado can also easily be incorporated into salads or bowls.
—Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 18 June 2026
The new salads feature more protein choices with steak and shrimp, along with new salad toppings and dressings.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
Cucumbers are a summertime staple in the garden, enhancing the flavor of salads, sandwiches, and other seasonal dishes.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 June 2026
Legumes — lentils, chickpeas, fava beans and white beans — anchor some of the easiest high-fiber Mediterranean diet recipes and work in everything from soups and stews to salads and grain bowls.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
MoJo’s Local serves a selection of burgers, sandwiches and salads, as well as a lineup of bar snacks such as street tacos, pretzels and chicken wings.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
The Pool Grill is another casual option, with things like burgers and salads.
—Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026
Whole fish beautifully grilled, bright and light crudos and tartares, lamb chops, and Mediterranean vegetables and salads that speak to the season.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Avocado can also easily be incorporated into salads or bowls.
—Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 18 June 2026
The new salads feature more protein choices with steak and shrimp, along with new salad toppings and dressings.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
Cucumbers are a summertime staple in the garden, enhancing the flavor of salads, sandwiches, and other seasonal dishes.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 June 2026
Legumes — lentils, chickpeas, fava beans and white beans — anchor some of the easiest high-fiber Mediterranean diet recipes and work in everything from soups and stews to salads and grain bowls.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
MoJo’s Local serves a selection of burgers, sandwiches and salads, as well as a lineup of bar snacks such as street tacos, pretzels and chicken wings.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salads
Noun
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At a typical weekend festival, owner Sal Graci offers four roll varieties (and a couple of lemonades).—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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Most iris varieties flower from late spring to early summer, bringing pops of color to garden spaces and flower vases.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
18 June 2026
Noun
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Far from a future concept, AI is a real-time business capability reshaping how assortments are planned, demand is forecasted, product performance is evaluated and market shifts are addressed.—
SJ Studio,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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The company curates snack and pantry assortments for properties including the Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, as well as corporate clients like OpenAI's New York office.—
Esha Chhabra,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Lowlights included uninspiring medleys.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
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For the elder millennials, the bittersweet spot was the medleys of older Kanye cuts released from 2004 to 2016 (think The College Dropout to The Life of Pablo).—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Hockney’s paintings and drawings, as well as his later photo collages and digital works, invariably had a playful, exploratory, interrogative relationship with perspective, light, scale, framing, rendering—the basic components of picture-making.—
Mark Rozzo,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
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In the 1980s, Hockney would embrace Polaroid collages and would later use an iPad to create a series of digital paintings.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
12 June 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Add beans to soups, stews, and salads for a boost of satiating nutrients, says Howard.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
20 June 2026
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Cooked amaranth has a slightly earthy, porridge-like texture that works well as a breakfast bowl with fruit and honey, as a rice substitute under curries and stews, or as a stuffing for roasted squash.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
15 June 2026
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“Salads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salads. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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