as in jumble
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
the painting was just a mishmash of colors and abstract shapes as far as we could tell
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Recent Examples of mishmash
Then a Militia Showed Up. Residents of Oakdale, Calif., have abandoned traditional media outlets for a mishmash of online sources.
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Ulysses Ortega, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The algorithm collapses context into a post-post-ironic mishmash.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2025
However, the current system is a mishmash of educational jargon that is difficult to decipher.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
This is teen sexuality as postmodern spectacle: a mishmash of transgressive allusions transmuted into a product that can’t possibly be interpreted as serious.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
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Ulysses Ortega, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The algorithm collapses context into a post-post-ironic mishmash.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2025
However, the current system is a mishmash of educational jargon that is difficult to decipher.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
This is teen sexuality as postmodern spectacle: a mishmash of transgressive allusions transmuted into a product that can’t possibly be interpreted as serious.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mishmash
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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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For more than a decade, Combs’s legendary White Parties attracted a medley of stars to the Hamptons, Los Angeles, and Saint-Tropez.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2025
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The rapper recognized the 30th anniversary of his In A Major Way sophomore album and performed a medley of fan-favorite records in the intimate setting.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
2 June 2025
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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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Amazon has the best Apple Watch discounts right now at 18% off across a variety of colors and styles.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
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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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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Through the early 1950s, a hodgepodge of state and industry agencies controlled what happened within the 158,000 miles of airways over the country.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
14 May 2025
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Dave Keeling maintained this record, known as the Keeling Curve, using a running hodgepodge of short-term grants until 2005, at which point geochemist Ralph Keeling, a professor at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, coauthor of this piece and Dave’s son, assumed its stewardship.—
Eric Morgan,
Wired News,
10 May 2025
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