as in jumble
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
the painting was just a mishmash of colors and abstract shapes as far as we could tell
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Recent Examples of mishmash
Boxing scenes in movies, other than in a handful of classics, tend to start to look all the same, a mishmash of beads of sweat and blood and jowels distended, all fists flying and battering as two men catapult and careen across the ring.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
Piccioli sent out a mishmash of styles from all over a fashion map that seems to have been drawn five or six years ago (oversize sneakers, faux couture gestures like capes and feathers and blah sportswear).
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Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
Much of the group’s cosmology derives from The Urantia Book, a mishmash of Christianity, metaphysics, and esoteric spirituality, that was purportedly written by celestial beings and published anonymously in 1955.
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Jane Borden,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026
Inside, the main floor has been commandeered by a mishmash of cash-only Asian food stalls, which gives it the feel of a makeshift street market.
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Hazlitt,
10 Dec. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
Piccioli sent out a mishmash of styles from all over a fashion map that seems to have been drawn five or six years ago (oversize sneakers, faux couture gestures like capes and feathers and blah sportswear).
—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
Much of the group’s cosmology derives from The Urantia Book, a mishmash of Christianity, metaphysics, and esoteric spirituality, that was purportedly written by celestial beings and published anonymously in 1955.
—
Jane Borden,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026
Inside, the main floor has been commandeered by a mishmash of cash-only Asian food stalls, which gives it the feel of a makeshift street market.
—
Hazlitt,
10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mishmash
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
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And for more of a medley, consider three different colorways to line a midcentury-modern lap pool.
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D’Angelo’s children introduced the medley, which was set against a backdrop of floor to ceiling windows looking out on a starry sky.
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The principal grape varieties in this region are Plavac Mali (red) and Pošip (white).
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Bagel lovers can pick from classic varieties like sesame, cinnamon raisin, blueberry and poppy seed.
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Complete your sleep sanctuary with cozy body pillows, laundry essentials, and a wide assortment of colors and styles.
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Pinned to their random assortment of hats were scrawled, handmade signs proclaiming liberty or death.
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General interest in collage, crafting and pottery is also rising.
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The posts all linked to an official press release on the restaurant's website, which included a lengthy artist's statement that detailed how the large, rectangular collage came together.
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As The Traitors' host, Cumming oversees a hodgepodge of reality stars and C-list celebrities who partake in a series of challenges ranging from goofy to downright harrowing — that season 2 cabin of maggots!
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This hodgepodge of names and numbers captures only some of the many new or upgraded artificial intelligence models released in the first six months of 2026.
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“Mishmash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mishmash. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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