as in mishmash
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Noun
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Half-prank, half-pastiche and 100% punk rock, the film’s mishmash aesthetics are due to the many artists who volunteered to build out Drew’s gender-bending Gotham City by any means necessary, from animation to stop-motion to miniatures.—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2025 -
Music-wise, the lush film is set to a mishmash of existing hits by the likes of U2 and Whitney Houston, plus a few covers and original songs—because why reinvent the entire wheel?—
Vogue,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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While many, if not all of the daily tasks are likely the same house to house, the less frequent items might require a shuffle in order to best work for your home and lifestyle.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2025
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Players can use the shuffle button to mix up the words on the screen if they get stuck.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Hughes’s mom has always disliked clutter, so these types of tasks really appeal to her.—
Theresa Tamkins,
SELF,
21 Feb. 2025
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The dirty floor was barely visible beneath the immense clutter of half-broken furniture; utensils and cooking appliances were streaked with saucy refuse; and people were packed together, yelling as if there weren’t just two centimeters of void between them.—
Hannah Gold,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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The Hamas propaganda video of the two captives begging for their release unleashed a maelstrom of emotions in Israel, including a glimmer of hope for their families.—
Isabel Kershner,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Amidst the maelstrom of war in Ukraine, three drag queens – Diva Monroe, Marlene, and Aura – refuse to abandon their homeland.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But the pension plan covering the retirements of a hodgepodge of workers with the city of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools (nonteaching staff) and the Chicago Housing Authority, among other public bodies, is at the center of a near-comical game of hot potato between city government and CPS.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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But this is intended to simplify messy username and password security and the hodgepodge of 2FA solutions, which still primarily means SMS with all its inherent risks.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The long-standing curse of the new-music concert is a tendency toward miscellany.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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To our modern sensibilities, cabinets of curiosities may seem like random miscellanies lacking any real order.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Shapiro, who launched crisis PR firm 10th Avenue Consulting in 2015 after his lengthy tenure in the federal government, would seem an unconventional choice for Lively given that the spiraling legal morass has no obvious political ties.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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However, starting a process early in President Trump's second term could prove helpful given the resulting legal morass, depending on the mechanism that the EPA employs to repeal it.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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Her goal is to start a women’s consciousness-raising group, and her efforts have brought together a motley, inquisitive quintet.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.—
Rudy Lee,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2023
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“Bollix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bollix. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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