Thesaurus results for CRAZY QUILT

crazy quilt

noun

Definition of crazy quilt

as in medley

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things an environmental issue that brought together a crazy quilt of people from all points on the political spectrum

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Recent Examples of crazy quilt The paintings of Mickalene Thomas are big, bold, gaudy, and beautiful, embedded with rhinestones, daubed with phosphorescent color, and composed like crazy quilts. — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025 Spoonful, Woody Guthrie, and Eleanor Roosevelt – that just captured the whole crazy quilt of the Village arts and politics scene. — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024 Woodcock’s solution is to go back to regulation; the government should renew the old restrictions on fares so consumers get clarity and fairness rather than today’s crazy quilt of dynamic pricing and extra fees. — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 31 July 2024 The roadway infrastructure that each class can use, however, remains a crazy quilt of local, state or national regulations. — IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for crazy quilt

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This recipe is the perfect medley of onion dip and cucumber salad that is better than store-bought.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 July 2026
And for more of a medley, consider three different colorways to line a midcentury-modern lap pool.

— Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 30 June 2026

Definition of medley

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The nomination for variety special (pre-recorded) means Swift herself is a nominee as the performer and a producer of the concert film, which showcased the final performance of her record-breaking tour.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Where to go From mountains to coastline, Georgia offers a variety of unique habitats for birds.

— Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of variety

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Cotliar went on to work at an assortment of local papers around Los Angeles, then caught wind that The Times had an opening.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
The Protect Illinois Communities Act was signed into law in 2023 by Pritzker and bans AR-15 rifles and similar guns, large-capacity magazines and an assortment of attachments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of assortment

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Frequently incorporating African American women as her subjects, her paintings and collages center around race, femininity, and memory.

— News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026
Through the gallery, the Shannons represent Kevin West, whose work has been show at Newfields Art Museum in Indianapolis and the Cincinnati Art Museum, fiber artist Sherry Shine, and collage artist Yolanda Ward.

— Sheryl Nance-Nash, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of collage

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This mom-and-pop image clashes with the reality that the independents, as they are known, are highly organized into an alphabet soup of newly influential lobbying groups — with Hildebrand a member of several.

— Alex Cuadros, ProPublica, 16 June 2026
Blazes caused by lightning strikes, on the other hand, are named with an alphabet soup of letters and numbers chosen to reflect where and in what order the fires are reported, KTVU reported.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026

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