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the painting was just a mishmash of colors and abstract shapes as far as we could tell
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After all the fussing and fidgeting exerted in trying to nail just the right mix of comic book action, comedy and pathos, the movie emerges as a tone-deaf mishmash of underdeveloped characters, half-baked humor and unhatched plotting drenched in CGI overkill.
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Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
In Ideals of the East, Okakura argues that Asian civilization is founded on a shared tradition of spirituality and that Japanese art uniquely reflects this tradition because of Japan’s ability to hybridize different cultures without melting them down into an undifferentiated mishmash.
—Waiyee Loh, JSTOR Daily, 2 July 2025
That includes live calls from audience members and an odd mishmash of guests.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
Filling the gaps is a mishmash of biographies, fiction of all sorts, and tomes on music, sports, and politics.
—Jack Barlow, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025
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Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
In Ideals of the East, Okakura argues that Asian civilization is founded on a shared tradition of spirituality and that Japanese art uniquely reflects this tradition because of Japan’s ability to hybridize different cultures without melting them down into an undifferentiated mishmash.
—Waiyee Loh, JSTOR Daily, 2 July 2025
That includes live calls from audience members and an odd mishmash of guests.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
Filling the gaps is a mishmash of biographies, fiction of all sorts, and tomes on music, sports, and politics.
—Jack Barlow, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025
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“Mishmash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishmash. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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mishmash
noun
mish·mash
ˈmish-ˌmash 
-ˌmäsh
: hodgepodge, jumble
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