as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a potpourri of hit songs from the last 10 years
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Recent Examples of potpourri
Orange spice potpourri simmering on the stove?
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
For a sweet-smelling fall centerpiece, add potpourri of your choice.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Fall potpourri is a delight to have around the house in the cozy autumn months.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Indeed, the Nevada law goes further and has a veritable potpourri of other aspects.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
For a sweet-smelling fall centerpiece, add potpourri of your choice.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Fall potpourri is a delight to have around the house in the cozy autumn months.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Indeed, the Nevada law goes further and has a veritable potpourri of other aspects.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for potpourri
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potpourri
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For their meal, the couple enjoyed steak and a medley of seafood, including lobster, sea bass, oysters, clams, and shrimp.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
4 Apr. 2026
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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).—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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This assortment also includes a large selection of earrings, bracelets, anklets, rings, hair tie sets, keychains and more.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The first release of an eight-album series in which American composer and pianist Michael Harrison collaborates with a global assortment of artists combining Eastern and Western musical traditions.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Idaho adults pay about $145 for a sportsman’s package that includes fishing and hunting licenses and a variety of tags for species including deer, elk, bear, mountain lion and wolf.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2026
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For the April 7 Missouri local elections, governments around the Kansas City area are asking their voters to pay for city services in a variety of ways.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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In a roadside brewery in the zero-waste village of Kamikatsu in Tokoshima, the pub’s triple-height seating area looks like a collage of windows in every size, affording a vertical panorama of mountains.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
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In this pre-synthesizer age, Bebe and Louis Barron utilized a mind-blowing selection of electronic gizmos to create a unique collage of otherworldly noise.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Potpourri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potpourri. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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