hodgepodge
Americannoun
noun
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a jumbled mixture
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a thick soup or stew made from meat and vegetables
Etymology
Origin of hodgepodge
First recorded in 1615–25; variant of hotchpotch
Example Sentences
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Airlines decide for themselves whether it is safe to fly, an assessment typically based on a hodgepodge of government intelligence, regulatory advice and private-security consultants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Juana Rozas, “WANNA HOTEL” Juana Rozas understands the emerging queer Latin underground, in all of its swirling genre hodgepodge, better than most.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
This can result in a hodgepodge of different terms and references that can lead heirs to contest the validity of a trust or will.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 6, 2025
The challenge in both constructing and interpreting the hodgepodge of post-shutdown data is also being complicated by uncertainty over the next Fed Chair.
From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025
The bookstore was now a hodgepodge of rooms that spanned nearly a whole block.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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