as in variety
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a medley of snack foods available on the buffet table
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Recent Examples of medley
The performance itself was a fun way to open a show that didn’t feel self-serving — Lopez could’ve easily performed to a medley of her own songs but instead decided to highlight the most popular tracks from the past year.
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 27 May 2025
His wife, Stefani, 55, meanwhile, will perform a career-spanning medley honoring the 20th anniversary of her album Love.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 15 May 2025
But at the foot of the stage, the artists, including Ms. Sherald and Jordan Casteel, sang along with the group’s three-song medley, word for word.
—Sandra E. Garcia, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Current section record holders from Torrey Pines include Mia Kragh (girls 100-yard butterfly) and Logan Noguchi (boys 200 IM, 100 fly and 100 back) as well as two girls relays (200 and 400 free) and two boys relays (200 medley and 400 free).
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 27 May 2025
His wife, Stefani, 55, meanwhile, will perform a career-spanning medley honoring the 20th anniversary of her album Love.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 15 May 2025
But at the foot of the stage, the artists, including Ms. Sherald and Jordan Casteel, sang along with the group’s three-song medley, word for word.
—Sandra E. Garcia, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Current section record holders from Torrey Pines include Mia Kragh (girls 100-yard butterfly) and Logan Noguchi (boys 200 IM, 100 fly and 100 back) as well as two girls relays (200 and 400 free) and two boys relays (200 medley and 400 free).
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medley
Noun
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The selection covers a rich variety of narrative and aesthetic approaches, with a presence of comedies, genre and science fiction approaches, documentaries, and classic fiction works.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
3 June 2025
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Within Canva’s Magic Studio are a wide variety of AI tools - such as Magic Resize to reformat documents, Magic Edit for photo editing, and Magic Animate to add motion to your designs.—
Chelsea Tobin,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Fine Mess Bakery offers an assortment of beautiful pastries and, on weekends, excellent bread, while Isabel’s Espresso has coffee lovers covered.—
Leslie Kelly,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Walmart stores have an assortment of over 150,000 items in a location.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
5 June 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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The exhibition features a new body of work Sutherland created from 2024 to 2025, including large-scale abstract paintings, collage that weaves together drawings, photographs, stickers and found images, and sculpture.—
Alia Yee Noll,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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The tribute included a sweet collage of throwback photos of White over the years.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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“Medley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medley. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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