as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
a mélange of outfits for her workouts at the gym
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Recent Examples of mélange
But still, the agave spirit is crucial to this melange of booze.
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
Related Articles In an episode of the series, Markle styled the Takao sweater in light dune melange by Loro Piana.
—Wwd Staff, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
Their film, which premiered at Sundance before screening at Berlin, is a thoughtful and experimental melange focused on five Sudanese people forced to evacuate Khartoum after RSF soldiers invaded the city.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Related Articles In an episode of the series, Markle styled the Takao sweater in light dune melange by Loro Piana.
—Wwd Staff, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
The Manner’s Sloane Bar set the stage for Marc Jacobs’ post-show extravaganza, with a fashionable melange of models fresh from the runway at the New York Public Library, drag queens, nightlife impresarios, and friends of the brands enjoying one of the bar’s specialty martinis in the moody space.
—Sam Falb, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
Sharaa’s leadership style will likely fuse aspects of conservative Sunni Islamism, pre–Baath Party Syrian nationalism, and technocratic functionalism—a melange that bears a resemblance to the ideological underpinnings of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party.
—Fawaz A. Gerges, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2025
Studio Central's full-size brick buildings are a melange of the architectural styles found on Hollywood Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard in California with a hint of New York City.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Advertisement By any measure, the immediate future of Syria will be an unstable and potentially violent melange of competing groups, intense jockeying for power and settling of scores.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
Related Articles In an episode of the series, Markle styled the Takao sweater in light dune melange by Loro Piana.
—Wwd Staff, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
Their film, which premiered at Sundance before screening at Berlin, is a thoughtful and experimental melange focused on five Sudanese people forced to evacuate Khartoum after RSF soldiers invaded the city.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Related Articles In an episode of the series, Markle styled the Takao sweater in light dune melange by Loro Piana.
—Wwd Staff, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
The Manner’s Sloane Bar set the stage for Marc Jacobs’ post-show extravaganza, with a fashionable melange of models fresh from the runway at the New York Public Library, drag queens, nightlife impresarios, and friends of the brands enjoying one of the bar’s specialty martinis in the moody space.
—Sam Falb, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
Sharaa’s leadership style will likely fuse aspects of conservative Sunni Islamism, pre–Baath Party Syrian nationalism, and technocratic functionalism—a melange that bears a resemblance to the ideological underpinnings of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party.
—Fawaz A. Gerges, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2025
Studio Central's full-size brick buildings are a melange of the architectural styles found on Hollywood Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard in California with a hint of New York City.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Advertisement By any measure, the immediate future of Syria will be an unstable and potentially violent melange of competing groups, intense jockeying for power and settling of scores.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mélange
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The crowd at CinemaCon got its first look at some of the footage from the film on Wednesday during Universal’s presentation, as well as a live performance of a medley of some of the music from the show as performed by a 43-piece orchestra conducted by Rickey Minor.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2025
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Sawtelle Some best dishes off the lengthy menu include the house signature pork rice noodles, Changsha-style spicy tofu, Changsha-style spicy medley, the signature peel-and-eat spicy crawfish and spicy chili beef noodle.—
Kaila Yu,
Forbes.com,
29 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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The commemorative collage of photos also features Luna's love for Disney princesses.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Can a film really be said to take place in 1918 if nearly half its material constitutes a nonfiction collage of twenty-first-century life?—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2025
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Their tech lets clothing companies show off a wide variety of sizes and styles—and for a whole lot cheaper.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Houston, which was devastated by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, bounced back more quickly than expected because its economy was split among a wide variety of industries, including health care, aerospace, shipping, manufacturing and technology.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Mélange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/m%C3%A9lange. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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