as in mishmash
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Noun
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Despite its mishmash design, the show is fun and finely tuned, and its structure of building each episode towards a classic game of Deal or No Deal is kind of ingenious.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025 -
So, not quite a history lesson and not quite a rom-com and certainly not an epic, the movie is a mild but pleasant mishmash of genres held together by the sheer charisma of Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson, two actors who seem unexpectedly well suited to each other’s energies.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
12 July 2024
Noun
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Players can use the shuffle button to mix up the words on the screen if they get stuck.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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Between the lines: Business interests and more traditional conservatives like former Vice President Mike Pence want to make sure these concerns don't get lost in the shuffle, amid Trump's emphasis on tariffs and tax breaks that resonated on the campaign trail.—
Neil Irwin,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Maintain Your Greenery Indoor clutter is not the only thing that can block your home's natural light.—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Feb. 2025
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But its clutter of themes ultimately feels rushed, dissipating in a climactic twist and life-goes-on fadeout that both seem less than the buildup deserves.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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The fact this all plays out in real-time heightens that effect considerably, sweeping us up in the maelstrom of Hart’s bravado thanks to Hawke’s signature charm, even if it is undercut by something else barely concealed below the surface.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2025
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Season 17 has thus far been a maelstrom of conflict, between Jewels vs. Onya, Suzie vs. the World, and a slew of other minor spats that on other seasons would be the most notable fight of the episode.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Read: The strategy behind Trump’s policy blitz The changes that have stuck (so far) are a hodgepodge of policies, and appear more focused on getting rid of ideas and initiatives the president doesn’t like than on fixing the problems of cost and access that pervade America’s health-care ecosystem.—
Kristen V. Brown,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2025
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This Shangri-la hidden in the folds of the Himalayas was a pugilistic hodgepodge of Buddhist fiefs until unification as a nation in the 17th century.—
By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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
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While there may be a role for insurance, the sheer number of insurance products available today often creates more confusion than clarity for Americans, forcing them to wade through the morass of fine print that can be purposely misleading and sometimes fraudulent.—
Renee Hsia,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Brown stars as Xavier Collins, a secret service agent to the former President of the United States, Cal Bradford (James Marsden), who is entangled in a morass of intrigue when he is accused of killing his charge.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
16 Dec. 2024
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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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This made us—with all our human, mortal limitations—rather like the God of all those past centuries of belief, or should that be credulity: the God who retained and stored away everything in his motley, moveless time, in which nothing was new or old, remote or recent.—
Margaret Jull Costa,
Harper’s Magazine ,
10 Apr. 2023
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“Bollix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bollix. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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