as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
the album features an omnium-gatherum of greatest hits from rock bands who peaked in the 1980s
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Ouai’s peony-pink perfume puts a splash of champagne and a medley of flowers into a scent that adds a celebratory spin to winding down for bed.—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
13 Mar. 2025 -
The strand, linking Dickies Arena to Interstate 30, is a medley of vacant lots and unrelated businesses, including boot stores and the Vending Nut Co., a local dry fruit distributor.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2025
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At least as important, is the variety of winter conditions, winter testing, and not just volume.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Beers and ciders on tap at Belmont lean heavily toward local and regional, and the variety is well-curated.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Mar. 2025
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And our cashmere assortment really continues to be strong even in spring and summer.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
15 Mar. 2025
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Dinosaur Footprints From the Lower Jurassic (Hettangian–Sinemurian) Precipice Sandstone of the Callide Basin, Queensland, Australia Sam Walters is a journalist covering archaeology, paleontology, ecology, and evolution for Discover, along with an assortment of other topics.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
14 Mar. 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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Baker also leads the orchestra, which sounds grand — although the sound in the arts center’s Pugh Theater often left musicians, lead singers and chorus all at the same level, with actors speaking over all of it at the same time to create a sonic jumble.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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There is a collage aesthetic to the film, because that’s just inherent to my experience growing up, getting so much information in so many different forms of media shot into my eyes.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
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Lorna had been doing drawings and collages for the last few years.—
Dodie Kazanjian,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2025
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Without saying so explicitly, Gottlieb nailed the biggest challenge that the L.A. teams, and probably all four of the West Coast additions to the Big Ten, have faced all season, a crazy quilt schedule and insane travel.—
Jim Alexander,
Orange County Register,
2 Mar. 2025
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The paintings of Mickalene Thomas are big, bold, gaudy, and beautiful, embedded with rhinestones, daubed with phosphorescent color, and composed like crazy quilts.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2025
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Suay makes a beautiful patchwork quilt from recycled materials in a variety of colors.—
Dave Schilling,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Its geometries echo and make strange the patterns in the room’s more traditional furnishings: Shaker dining chairs with woven tape backs and, lining a low window seat, cushions made from patchwork quilts.—
Blaine Davis,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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For years, industry has complained about the alphabet soup of agencies, which often compete with one another.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Representing an alphabet soup of agencies with various levels of tenure, each worker is paired up and dispatched to a Senator's office to share their stories.—
Nikole Killion,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2025
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