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: a state or instance of confusion
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Examples of mix-up in a Sentence

there was a mix-up at the airport and our luggage was accidentally sent to Ohio
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Others reassured Mullen that the mix-up may have been a blessing in disguise. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025 Lowe then collapsed into the back of his chair, covering his face with his hand, and continuing to giggle over his late-night mix-up. EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025 The apparent identity mix-up is a key point of confusion in a detailed and often perplexing set of allegations that Webb is lodging publicly against Jones and Thao. Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025 There is a 94-year-old woman among the crowd who gets into an interesting mix-up, but there are no movie stars, no sports figures, no politicians. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for mix-up 

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mix-up was in 1841

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“Mix-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mix-up. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

mix-up

noun
ˈmik-ˌsəp
: an instance of confusion

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