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
The leaves smell like freshly mown hay when crushed and are often dried for potpourri or sachets.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
Hosted by Dean Cain, Laura McKenzie, Elizabeth Stanton and Montel Williams, Lifelines of Hope offers a potpourri of life saving moments that elicit involvement from ordinary individuals, often risking their own lives to save others.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The Wellness Sanctuary is also the place to join a variety of classes from tai chi to forest bathing or Thai potpourri making.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
There’s a touch of toasted oak and a light floral potpourri fragrance.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
Hosted by Dean Cain, Laura McKenzie, Elizabeth Stanton and Montel Williams, Lifelines of Hope offers a potpourri of life saving moments that elicit involvement from ordinary individuals, often risking their own lives to save others.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The Wellness Sanctuary is also the place to join a variety of classes from tai chi to forest bathing or Thai potpourri making.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
There’s a touch of toasted oak and a light floral potpourri fragrance.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potpourri
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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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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There is a variety of match times on offer too, ranging from three minutes per player right up to 20 mins.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes.com,
14 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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“Potpourri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potpourri. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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