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as in messes
a state in which everything is out of order
the house is always in a jumble before and after vacation trips
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as in assortments
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a jumble of rubber bands, batteries, and pencil stubs all stuffed into that drawer
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as in disrupts
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the contest editor has jumbled the letters of some common words
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Recent Examples of jumbles
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
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Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
The result also spotlights conference championships’ awkward fit in the current system, particularly given the fact that conference expansion has led to jumbles atop each league’s standings.
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
7 Dec. 2025
Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.
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Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
The plan jumbles together uses that zoning had put asunder, so that homes, offices, factories, stores, entertainment venues, public space, and markets all share the same city block.
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Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
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Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
The result also spotlights conference championships’ awkward fit in the current system, particularly given the fact that conference expansion has led to jumbles atop each league’s standings.
—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
7 Dec. 2025
Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.
—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
When a defense jumbles its communication, Brunson can pop to the arc and hit a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer or cut to the hoop for a layup.
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Fred Katz,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
The plan jumbles together uses that zoning had put asunder, so that homes, offices, factories, stores, entertainment venues, public space, and markets all share the same city block.
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Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jumbles
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Member's Mark Premium Baby Wipes Big messes are no problem for Member’s Mark Premium Baby Wipes, which come packaged in 12 press-open lid packs of 96 wipes each.
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Don't Put it Down, Put it Away There are kitchen messes that are pretty unavoidable and just come with the territory of cooking, like crumbs and sticky surfaces.
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McGinty said many of the styles now gaining broader visibility — salt-and-pepper diamonds, hexagon and kite-cut stones, Montana sapphires and heavier gold settings — were already in demand with her clients years before appearing in larger retail assortments.
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The assortments give shoppers a chance to try several scent profiles without committing to one full-size luxury bottle.
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Live Local also disrupts years of successful and careful planning by the city to promote compatible, consistent development in neighborhoods like Wynwood.
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After all, the status quo looks safer than making a big bet on something that disrupts everything from operations to revenue.
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Smith stays largely mum on the news of the day, be that Kirk’s killing, or ICE raids, or whatever hells await in the coming weeks.
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The protagonist's youth doesn't defang the story, as Silent Hill f wastes no time thrusting Hinako and her friends into their personal hells.
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Lowlights included uninspiring medleys.
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For the elder millennials, the bittersweet spot was the medleys of older Kanye cuts released from 2004 to 2016 (think The College Dropout to The Life of Pablo).
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These opportunists drown out the core mission, creating a cacophony of competing voices that confuses donors, crowd the inboxes of CEOs and members of Congress with colliding petitions, and paralyzes meaningful action by draining critical funding and attention away from the truly effective groups.
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But nobody confuses Harvard Extension School classes with the real thing.
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Before the Lost Weekend, John and Yoko had their New York Year — turning their personal confusions into beautifully vivid moments of rage and pain.
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Arachnids, including spiders (most common varieties) and scorpions.
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Because its founders, the Faro family, built a small empire in Sicily from an ornamental plant business that grew into one of the largest Mediterranean plant nurseries in Europe, exporting more than 5,000 varieties to 60 countries.
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“Jumbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jumbles. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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