potpourri

noun

pot·pour·ri ˌpō-pu̇-ˈrē

Synonyms of potpourri next

: a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent

: a miscellaneous collection : medley

a potpourri of the best songs and sketches—

Current Biography

Examples of potpourri in a Sentence

The festival was a musical potpourri—performances included folk, jazz, blues, and rap music. a potpourri of hit songs from the last 10 years

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By pooling their data, researchers end up with a potpourri that obscures population-specific health needs or health risks. —

Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024 The result is the ineffable potpourri of flavors known as Dr Pepper. —

Whizy Kim, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 Gour’s get-out-the-vote effort, which used a potpourri of apps, data analysts, and personal outreach by party workers, thus represented a convergence of two trends in an attempt to consolidate a women’s vote newly open to the BJP. —

Nilesh Christopher, WIRED, 30 July 2024 San Bernardino County prosecutors had charged the eight with a potpourri of felonies ranging from false imprisonment to conspiracy to assault and had successfully convinced a judge to deny bail to all but one. —

Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for potpourri