mixed bag
an often unexpected assortment of various things, people, or ideas: The concert was a mixed bag of works from three centuries.
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How to use mixed bag in a sentence
Both could generate a mixed bag of precipitation, and these would be carrying more abundant moisture all the way from the Gulf of Mexico.
Snow expected tonight, mainly south of D.C., before possible ice on Saturday | Jason Samenow, Wes Junker | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostStill, elevating rosters from Contenders has proven a mixed bag of results in the past.
The OWL’s London Spitfire are hoping to go big by going home | Teddy Amenabar | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostAwards season is never not a mixed bag, but the 2021 Golden Globe nominations landed with a particular thud on Wednesday.
The 11 Weirdest Golden Globe Nominations—And What Should Have Been Nominated Instead | Eliana Dockterman | February 3, 2021 | TimeToday’s storm brings a mixed bag of precipitation starting this afternoon and continuing tonight.
Updated forecast: After coating of snow and sleet, period of freezing rain possible overnight | Jason Samenow, Dan Stillman | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostContextual links in featured snippets, however, may be more of a mixed bag than first impressions would lead us to believe.
Contextual links in featured snippets may present new opportunities and risks | George Nguyen | January 22, 2021 | Search Engine Land
Russianoff says that after 16 years of Straphangers Campaign rankings, the subway remains a “mixed bag.”
Leaky Ceilings, Catcalls, and Uncaged Pythons: 4 Hours on NYC’s Worst Subway | Kevin Zawacki | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPlus, his remake history is a mixed bag, with the solid True Grit and the atrocious Oldboy.
Robert Pattinson as Indiana Jones? Here Are Our Picks to Fill Harrison Ford’s Fedora | Marlow Stern | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut, as was maybe to be expected, the film itself is a bit of a mixed bag.
Of course, other recent royal pageants and spectacles have been something of a mixed bag, economically speaking.
It's a mixed bag of reviews for the new controversial dark comedy starring two former Disney princesses.
What Critics are Saying About 'Spring Breakers' and James Franco | The Daily Beast | March 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat was when I collected that extraordinary mixed bag of information which I was wondering yesterday whether to believe or not.
Simon | J. Storer CloustonNaturally, in a mixed bag such as this, one can't complain if the quality of the contents varies.
The others a mixed bag of whoever was close enough to be pulled in on this crash assignment.
Planet of the Damned | Harry HarrisonLater in the day I heard the Turk had got a larger mixed bag than I have stated.
The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" | George DavidsonBut with a mixed bag of men, I had to grab leadership quick or be relegated to nowhere.
The Planet Savers | Marion Zimmer Bradley
British Dictionary definitions for mixed bag
informal something composed of diverse elements, characteristics, people, etc
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Other Idioms and Phrases with mixed bag
A heterogeneous collection of people, items, activities, or the like; an assortment. For example, The school offers a mixed bag of after-school activities—team sports, band practice, a language class. This idiom calls up the image of a sack full of different items. [First half of 1900s]
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