medley
noun
a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble.
medleys
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pluralof medley.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Jelly of the Month Club hits every beat and chord with precision, with arrangements of songs and medleys that bring together the power of rock’s past with the whimsy of “Peanuts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
Want to cut a song with several others to make the medleys fans are used to, and create choreography that fits to each moment within the mix?
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2024
Her singing and dancing were as magnetic as ever, but in an effort to stuff 40 songs into less than two hours, songs didn’t get enough room to breathe, and most were performed as medleys.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Mr. Sheeran defended his “mash-up” technique, saying he frequently played such medleys in concert, which are made possible by the limited harmonic palette of mainstream pop music.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2023
Each of us is a self-contained, free-standing individual, labeled by specific protein configurations at the surfaces of cells, identifiable by whorls of fingertip skin, maybe even by special medleys of fragrance.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
