as in variety
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a mixed bag of professional astronomers and amateur enthusiasts attended the conference
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Recent Examples of mixed bag
From rain to snow to freezing rain, Arizona winters can bring a mixed bag of weather conditions.
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Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
Among Group of 5 conferences, parity was a mixed bag, with some leagues showing balance while others reflected greater disparities in team performance.
—Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Cleveland Browns quarterback Jameis Winston was a mixed bag in the team’s 41-32 loss to the Denver Broncos on Monday night.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
Investors also mulled over a mixed bag of quarterly earnings reports, including those of Club holdings CrowdStrike and Best Buy .
—Zev Fima,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2024
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Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
Among Group of 5 conferences, parity was a mixed bag, with some leagues showing balance while others reflected greater disparities in team performance.
—Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Cleveland Browns quarterback Jameis Winston was a mixed bag in the team’s 41-32 loss to the Denver Broncos on Monday night.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
Investors also mulled over a mixed bag of quarterly earnings reports, including those of Club holdings CrowdStrike and Best Buy .
—Zev Fima,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2024
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There are a variety of credit cards available to many different credit profiles, including easy-to-get card options for those with bad credit or no credit at all.Ryley Amond, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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Of course, suits come in a wide variety of fabrics for an equally varied assortment of circumstances.Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Each recipient family was to receive its own unique assortment of gifts, based on the age of their children.JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
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His assortment of businesses brought in some $2.4 billion in revenue and some $550 million in income from 2017 to 2020.Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Hugh Jackman is delivering the medley of our dreams.Jen Juneau, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Carrots Organic carrots, as well as organic and conventional vegetable medleys containing carrots, by the brand 4Earth Farms sold from September to November in seven states were recalled due to the risk of E. coli contamination, the FDA said on Dec. 2.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Owners’ names now read like jumbles of computer code, retirement homes or rock bands: Silver Sage, Dream Homes, Blue Apple, P Fin VII, Wref II, 3xs2, Vivid, Straight Red Lines, TKJK, Jags Proper.Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
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Think of it instead as a Rube Goldberg machine, reimagining doodles as dense jumbles of steps and if-then rules.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
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Released on Monday, the card features a collage of images taken throughout the year.Issy Ronald, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Kemble Interiors designers turned workout rooms into fanciful event spaces and had West Palm Beach artist Christa Wilm cover a floor-to-ceiling fireplace in a colorful collage of shells.Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
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While some easy parallels can be drawn between this grab bag of famous names — Chesney and Buffett shared a close friendship, for example, as do Osbourne and Slash — feel free to have some fun in the comments about an amusing pair that could strain credulity.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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At the time, federal law gave the Bureau a strange grab bag of investigative duties, ranging from interstate prostitution to antitrust violations.Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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