1
as in mess
a state in which everything is out of order
the house is always in a jumble before and after vacation trips
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2
as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a jumble of rubber bands, batteries, and pencil stubs all stuffed into that drawer
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as in to disrupt
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the contest editor has jumbled the letters of some common words
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Recent Examples of jumble
The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
Teams are often burdened with jumbles of different KPIs that say different things, especially as operations become more complex.
—François Candelon, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Sending even slightly wrong signals to a patient’s brain would leave them feeling jumbled and confused.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Think of it instead as a Rube Goldberg machine, reimagining doodles as dense jumbles of steps and if-then rules.
—The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
Teams are often burdened with jumbles of different KPIs that say different things, especially as operations become more complex.
—François Candelon, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
Verb
And yet even within Lazar’s family, the fire jumbled plans.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Sending even slightly wrong signals to a patient’s brain would leave them feeling jumbled and confused.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jumble
Noun
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In the first four episodes, Newsom seems incapable of interrogating any right-wing position—whether on tariffs, book bans, trans women in sports, wokeness, or the mess at the border.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Those were poor seasons which took in the decline of Marcelo Bielsa, Jesse Marsch’s tenure and the mess that followed with Javi Gracia and Sam Allardyce.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The boys of ’90s country got their due elsewhere in the night, with a Blake Shelton/Clint Black/Trace Adkins medley of three-decade-old hits.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2025
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Reba McEntire will perform a medley of Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn classics.—
Adam Tamburin,
Axios,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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DDoS Threats Cybercriminals threaten Distributed Denial of Service attacks to disrupt personal websites unless payment is made.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Unions point out that the CSRA granted federal workers collective bargaining rights in order to provide them a way to address workplace issues without disrupting government operations.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Scott Bassett Orlando Trump’s policies are a money-grab Donald Trump’s trade war is causing havoc in the markets as prices rise due to insane tariffs on our closest neighbors.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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Inevitably, leaders ignore the subtle signals of havoc and become overwhelmed when major disruptions inevitably occur.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At the time, her designs pushed the limits and got left out of assortments.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Mar. 2025
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The Texas Department of Public Safety last year identified an assortment of tattoos connected to Tren de Aragua, many relatively common: stars on the shoulder, royal crowns, firearms, trains, dice, roses, tigers and jaguars.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But don't confuse him with Chris Evans' Human Torch who first cropped up in the 2005 Fantastic Four film and made a memorable cameo in Deadpool and Wolverine last year.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
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Lesson 2: Don't confuse the end user with the paying customer.—
Mark Francis,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But in the chaos a new experiment bubbled to the surface.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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None of the six conferences managed to get all four top seeds to the semifinal round, but the level of chaos varied widely from one conference to the next.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The elegant curtains are crafted from a 100% polyester fabric that comes in a variety of shades and is machine washable.—
Megan Schaltegger,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Mar. 2025
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The iPhone 15 Pro is available here in a variety of colors and prices in Renewed Premium condition.—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Jumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jumble. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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