as in variety
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
the festival featured a grab bag of independent films from widely disparate genres
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Recent Examples of grab bag
Chalamet sulks and talks out of the side of his mouth, picking from a grab bag of accents that vary with each scene—all of which are far more reedy and cartoonish than Dylan actually sounded in his younger days.
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
For those of us in the business of being journalistically critical, there is a grab bag of ways that the job can go wrong.
—Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
There will also be a silent auction, wine grab bags and more.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
Wiener’s Senate Bill 607 is a highly technical grab bag.
—Ben Christopher, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
For those of us in the business of being journalistically critical, there is a grab bag of ways that the job can go wrong.
—Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
There will also be a silent auction, wine grab bags and more.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
Wiener’s Senate Bill 607 is a highly technical grab bag.
—Ben Christopher, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grab bag
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The Army has taken a variety of steps to protect the streets, including laying metal plates along the parade's route.—
LOLITA C. BALDOR,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
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The city’s downtown has seen a variety of protests, from quiet to boisterous.—
Carlos Rodriguez,
Chicago Tribune,
14 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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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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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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With glossy pages, this book tracks the evolution of Claude’s prolific work across her entire career, from poems to photographic portraits and photomontages, to essays, word games and text collages.—
Dylin Hardcastle
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Raymond Saunders: Flowers From a Black Garden is a dynamic selection of the artist’s layered, mixed-media works that blend painting, drawing, and collage.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
4 June 2025
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The impact on downtown businesses on concert days is a mixed bag, McDonald said.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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Against the Hurricanes, his line had solid results against their shutdown line centered by Jordan Staal; their time against the top line, centered by Sebastian Aho, was a bit more of a mixed bag.—
The Athletic NHL Staff,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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It’s made with 20% pure shea butter, plus coconut oil, hemp seed oil, and a skin-nourishing blend of essential fatty acids and antioxidant vitamins C and E.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
15 June 2025
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The oil-free version of its Vogue Verified counterpart, this one provides powerful antioxidant protection while limiting oil production and reducing breakouts through a potent blend of l-ascorbic acid, silymarin, ferulic acid, and salicylic acid.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
13 June 2025
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“Grab bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grab%20bag. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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