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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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Wu's video received hundreds of likes as well as a handful of comments from other TikTok users, some of which were couldn't bring themselves to believe her mix-up. George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024 Norton made the comments in an interview to promote Playing Nice, the new ITV series that follows two couples who discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2024 Leave it to Mars retrograde in your communication sector to make even the most straightforward group texts with friends and family overwhelming, so double-check your holiday plans to avoid mix-ups. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024 Central Command did not elaborate on how the mix-up occurred, but said the U.S. military earlier shot down multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship rebel cruise missile and that sailors in the past have had just seconds to make decisions about how to respond to Houthi attacks. Sara Dorn, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024 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 16 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

mix-up

noun
ˈmik-ˌsəp
: an instance of confusion

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