as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a potpourri of hit songs from the last 10 years
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Recent Examples of potpourri
The palate features flavors of strawberry, ripe pink grapefruit, and potpourri.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Spend some time reflecting on your most positive winter connections, and then seek out a scent that can keep them fresh for you every day—whether that means adding candles, potpourri, essential oils, or reed diffusers to your home.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Du Pont took up residence and across the property created a potpourri of gardens and playful fountains.
—airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
While the shop is small, the selection is a potpourri ranging from practical garden tools to the prettiest holiday decor.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 2024
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Spend some time reflecting on your most positive winter connections, and then seek out a scent that can keep them fresh for you every day—whether that means adding candles, potpourri, essential oils, or reed diffusers to your home.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Du Pont took up residence and across the property created a potpourri of gardens and playful fountains.
—airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
While the shop is small, the selection is a potpourri ranging from practical garden tools to the prettiest holiday decor.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potpourri
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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
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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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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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He's written dozens of profiles of entrepreneurs across a variety of fields and done deep dives into technological trends from superconductors to space travel to pharmaceuticals.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
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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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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“Potpourri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potpourri. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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