How to Use mix-up in a Sentence

mix-up

noun

• That makes the mix-up in the program all the more curious.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2023
• Biden has also made his share of gaffes and name mix-ups.
  — Zachary Folk, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• And then there’s the rank absurdity of the Klein/Wolf mix-up.
  — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• We were scheduled on a short flight from Phoenix to Page which was delayed due to a mix-up.
  — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 23 May 2024
• Because of this, crew members will hold up a big poster with the person's name on it to avoid any mix-ups.
  — Jamie Ballard, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2023
• Jack McBrayer plays the resort concierge who reveals the mix-up at the island off the Georgia coast.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
• The mix-up drew outrage online, which prompted Target to pull the kit from its shelves.
  — Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
• What’s the best thing a studio can do to avoid mix-ups and — worse — legal repercussions?
  — Liz Logan, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• After the mix-up, Rock pressed on, this time correctly naming the film.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2023
• At first, Klein responded to the mix-ups by trying to ignore them.
  — Laura Marsh, The New Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
• The Merrell mix-up coat has the weight of a light fall jacket but with greater insulation.
  — Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2023
• Each time, patrons embraced his mix-ups and chuckled along with him.
  — Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
• Label shelf edges so everyone knows what goes where to avoid mix-ups.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
• And the honest mistake, a benign mix-up anyone could have made, proved to be costly.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
• Mann is the general manager of the Boothill Inn, where Burnett stayed the night after his flight mix-up.
  — oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023
• Perhaps the mix-up happened because of Barkley's recent weight loss.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
• From the beginning, Harris has said the whole incident was a simple mix-up.
  — Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2023
• In The Scheme, Dawkins insisted that this was an inadvertent mix-up.
  — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2024
• Yes, but: There was a mix-up at the prepared foods counter, so my bag accidentally went to someone else.
  — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 9 Aug. 2024
• To celebrate, Menzel took to Instagram to poke fun at the mix-up, and wish her girl Adele the happiest of birthdays.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2024
• The woman’s husband appears to be furious when told by officers of the mix-up that had guns drawn on them and her son in handcuffs.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
• In December 2021, the state released details of a similar but much smaller mix-up made during the same time frame.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
• In a madcap twist based on actual events, a mix-up at the clinic results in each mom-to-be carrying the other one’s baby.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 14 June 2024
• Multiple passengers who were due to fly on the passenger flight that crashed in Brazil on Friday owe their lives to a booking mix-up.
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024
• Yes, Dana watched Biden’s news conference and saw the president’s regrettable name mix-ups.
  — Drew Goins, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
• There's a considerable mix-up in the combat arenas, weapon move-sets, and encounter designs, but not so much that fatigue won't set in.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
• There’s no nationwide benchmark for how often these mix-ups happen, and Wenger appears to be among the first to quantify them.
  — Mohana Ravindranath, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023
• Shania Twain is still laughing off her microphone mix-up.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 June 2024
• By Thursday, the issue was corrected, but not before the internet – and even some famous faces – pointed out the mix-up.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• The supporting actress mix-up was edited out of the BBC broadcast so people at home didn’t see Carey’s name being read by mistake.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 20 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024