mixture
noun
a product of mixing.
mixtures
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pluralof mixture.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Gold is traditionally recovered either by smelting at very high temperatures or by using corrosive acid mixtures that generate hazardous waste.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The team plans to expand the work by studying more realistic mixtures of materials, with the goal of better capturing the complex processes that govern fallout formation during real-world nuclear events.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
The researchers carried out a detailed statistical comparison between the observed spectrum and various possible mixtures of minerals.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
Net revenue increased 12% to $12.5 billion—mostly driven by strong sales of concentrates, the syrups and flavor mixtures Coca-Cola sells to its bottling partners—ahead of the $12.2 billion Wall Street had forecast.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
The cloths are brightly printed and worn together in jangling mixtures that ring in my ears: pink gingham with orange plaid, for example.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
