How to Use mixed messages/signals in a Sentence

mixed messages/signals

plural noun

• Take it away, and you’re left with a bunch of mixed signals and waste.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
• One place with few mixed signals is AI, where things are still gung-ho.
  — Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2024
• Christopher and Luz Estrada were sick of the mixed messages.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
• This comes at a time when the U.S. job market is sending mixed signals.
  — Kate Duchene, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
• At the sector level, there is no clear trend, just mixed signals.
  — David Trainer, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
• And the Arab world is getting – the rest of the world, actually, is getting mixed messages.
  — CBS News, 5 May 2024
• The unknown: Since winning the election, Trump has sent mixed signals.
  — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
• One by one, each of the nine board members delivered mixed messages.
  — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
• Milei will need the support of the Unión Cívica Radical, which has sent mixed signals.
  — Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• Trump on Thursday sent mixed signals about whether Johnson should be the next Speaker.
  — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
• After months of mixed signals about his position, Trump said the issue should be left to states.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
• South Bay leaders have good reason to be concerned, starting with Wiener’s mixed messages about the purpose of the tax.
  — Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 25 May 2024
• Yet there were some mixed messages in the jobs figures, which also showed that the unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, from a five-decade low of 3.4% in April.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
• Only then did my warning about mixed messages get through.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
• Publicly, the Colts have sent mixed messages on their intentions.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2023
• In this week’s episode, Emma’s kind of giving Elliot some mixed messages.
  — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 7 Feb. 2025
• Through a series of mishaps and mixed signals, the two eventually grow on each other.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
• The latest inflation data comes after a raft of mixed signals this week on the state of the U.S. economy.
  — Sarah Min,samantha Subin,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 26 July 2024
• Despite these mixed signals, the team can afford Michael Lorenzen.
  — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• But that plan's fate now rests in the hands of Trump and his incoming administration, which has sent mixed signals on the idea.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
• In a world of mixed messages, the Italian brand Max Mara is uniquely synonymous with power.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Dec. 2022
• Caregivers too often send mixed messages around screen time use, given their own bad habits.
  — Maida Lynn Chen, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2023
• The mixed signals left experts with varying opinions about the takeaway from the latest FOMC meeting.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 26 July 2023
• The slaying of the four students drew online sleuths after police put out mixed messages in the case and no suspect was declared for weeks.
  — Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2022
• To be sure, data in recent weeks have offered mixed signals on the economy.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 May 2024
• But the economy is not out of the woods, with the survey from the Conference Board on Tuesday offering mixed signals.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 25 July 2023
• All in all, though, the economy is offering mixed signals.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 28 May 2024
• Bad blood, mixed messages and sensitivity tends to go by the wayside when the final numbers are agreed on.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
• But Osborn says that the designation has also led to mixed messages.
  — Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• Wow, The Pitt is really sending mixed messages with this postpartum-endometritis case.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025