Synonyms
- agglomerate
- agglomeration
- alphabet soup
- assortment
- botch
- clutter
- collage
- crazy quilt
- farrago
- gallimaufry
- grab bag
- gumbo
- hash
- hodgepodge
- hotchpotch
- jambalaya
- jumble
- jungle
- litter
- macédoine
- medley
- mélange
- menagerie
- miscellanea
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mixed bag
- montage
- motley
- muddle
- olio
- olla podrida
- omnium-gatherum
- pastiche
- patchwork
- potpourri
- ragbag
- ragout
- rummage
- salad
- salmagundi
- scramble
- shuffle
- smorgasbord
- stew
- tumble
- variety
- welter
Examples of patchwork quilt in a Sentence
the essay isn't so much a cogent argument as a patchwork quilt of the writer's random musings
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Visitors snap photos of patchwork quilts and rocking chairs.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
The domestic diva is also marking the holidays with a new collection for JCPenney that includes a patchwork quilt, kitchen and dinnerware and bath products, sold both in-store and online.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Motivating soldiers in this patchwork quilt, especially given their limited training time, will be difficult.
—Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2022
However, that number is augmented by a patchwork quilt of other offsets and exemptions available to productions in various specific jurisdictions in the Empire State.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
The domestic diva is also marking the holidays with a new collection for JCPenney that includes a patchwork quilt, kitchen and dinnerware and bath products, sold both in-store and online.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Motivating soldiers in this patchwork quilt, especially given their limited training time, will be difficult.
—Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2022
However, that number is augmented by a patchwork quilt of other offsets and exemptions available to productions in various specific jurisdictions in the Empire State.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Patchwork quilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patchwork%20quilt. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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