as in jumble
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
Sunday supper was a hotchpotch of leftovers
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Recent Examples of hotchpotch
They have been hampered by a squad which features a hotchpotch of Ashley survivors with little-to-no value and key players whose departures would significantly harm the first XI.
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Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 30 June 2024
Palermo's cathedral is like a microcosm of the city – a fabulous hotchpotch of architectural elements, built by the Normans in the 12th century on Byzantine foundations, incorporating bits of a former mosque, and altered repeatedly in the centuries since.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 25 Feb. 2024
On match days, the squad is a hotchpotch of bright sparks scrambling around to recover an unrecoverable ambiance only 17 seasons of the Argentine’s flair can bring.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
Rather, members of the country’s single biggest religious group vote along a hotchpotch of social and demographic lines.
—The Economist, 25 Apr. 2020
In any case, an all-populist coalition could give itself a limited mandate to alter Italy’s hotchpotch of an electoral law, enact a few popular reforms and then go back to the country.
—The Economist, 27 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotchpotch
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
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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.—
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But at the foot of the stage, the artists, including Ms. Sherald and Jordan Casteel, sang along with the group’s three-song medley, word for word.—
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With strong performances in breaststroke and a solid foundation in freestyle and butterfly, the medley seemed like a better fit at the time, and the change worked.—
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Others paid the salaries of support staff for a wide variety of public health initiatives.—
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In those texts, there have been many remembrances of his generosity of spirit, and not just of the monetary variety.—
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And yet, even with all of the traditional evening wear in the mix, this year’s assortment of fashions still felt entirely modern—and at times, quite unexpected too.—
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This process involves selecting a base hat and embellishing it with various elements like faux flowers, crinoline, and an assortment of feathers, resulting in an elaborate and unique creation perfect for prestigious occasions.—
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Other approaches include showing a collage of identities or reflecting diversity across the persona set.—
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Its concerns, ironically, feel far too logistical for a figure whose cold calculations disguised a more vivid and monstrously human collage.—
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“Hotchpotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotchpotch. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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