grab bag
noun
1
: a receptacle (such as a bag) containing small articles which are to be drawn (as at a party or fair) without being seen
2
: a miscellaneous collection : potpourri
Examples of grab bag in a Sentence
Congress has proposed a grab bag of tax cuts.
the festival featured a grab bag of independent films from widely disparate genres
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For those of us in the business of being journalistically critical, there is a grab bag of ways that the job can go wrong.
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Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
There will also be a silent auction, wine grab bags and more.
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Wiener’s Senate Bill 607 is a highly technical grab bag.
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Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
There will also be a silent auction, wine grab bags and more.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
Wiener’s Senate Bill 607 is a highly technical grab bag.
—Ben Christopher, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Out of this grab bag of vérité and offcuts, Jia builds an epic.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for grab bag
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“Grab bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grab%20bag. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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