as in variety
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a mixed bag of professional astronomers and amateur enthusiasts attended the conference
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Recent Examples of mixed bag
Southwest The Southwest is a mixed bag weather-wise.
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Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025
These studies are just some examples of DEIA science that showed the colorblindness approach is a mixed bag at best.
—H. Colleen Sinclair, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
Becoming a mother can bring a mixed bag of emotions and physical challenges.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
The Fort Worth Independent School District’s middle-of-the-year test scores for reading and math have yielded a mixed bag of results, but district officials say the scores show a limited reflection of the extra tutoring support recently implemented by the district.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
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Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025
These studies are just some examples of DEIA science that showed the colorblindness approach is a mixed bag at best.
—H. Colleen Sinclair, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
Becoming a mother can bring a mixed bag of emotions and physical challenges.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
The Fort Worth Independent School District’s middle-of-the-year test scores for reading and math have yielded a mixed bag of results, but district officials say the scores show a limited reflection of the extra tutoring support recently implemented by the district.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mixed bag
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Guests can feast like a Viking and enjoy a savory menu featuring a variety of meats, fish, sandwiches and more, along with a collection of meads and ciders.—
Samantha Neely,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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There are single or double-breasted jackets with wide or narrow lapels and fancy buttons, and white shirts in a variety of styles.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Texas Department of Public Safety last year identified an assortment of tattoos connected to Tren de Aragua, many relatively common: stars on the shoulder, royal crowns, firearms, trains, dice, roses, tigers and jaguars.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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Breeding for More Than Just Color Mr. Baker could have supplied his customers with a flashy assortment of coleus ordered from wholesale sources, skipping years of effort (but missing all the astonishment).—
Margaret Roach,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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The 3x Golden Globe nominee channeled Gerard Way in the sketch ‘Goth Kid on Vacation’, which parodied the ’06 single ‘Welcome to the Black Parade’ with a Jamaican reggae medley featuring Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2025
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The show also includes a medley of favorite BTS songs, including MIC Drop, Trivia: Just Dance, Silver Spoon and Ego.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
People.com,
21 Mar. 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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Baker also leads the orchestra, which sounds grand — although the sound in the arts center’s Pugh Theater often left musicians, lead singers and chorus all at the same level, with actors speaking over all of it at the same time to create a sonic jumble.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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These articles and practices align with Self’s idea of collage as representative of selfhood and that humans exist in multiple dimensions.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Mar. 2025
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The collage of photos showed Chloe asleep, the couple on the red carpet and the basketball court as well as the national champion on vacation.—
Nasha Smith,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Next weekend's premieres are a grab bag, with no clear frontrunner to challenge A Working Man for No 1.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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First, there is the music: Those standards from the original album, a grab bag of genres and styles from a Cuba several decades ago, no surprise, still kill.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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