as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
the state senate must contend with a veritable salad of legislative measures before it can adjourn for the session
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Recent Examples of salad
Crisp ribbons of carrot star in this elegant salad.
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Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 30 Apr. 2026
Start with a choice of soup, salad or garlic lime shrimp.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Chicken Salad Chick has been offering scoops and sandwiches, including cheddar melt meals (chicken salad sandwich with cheddar cheese and bacon), BLTs, turkey clubs and more.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
The pool menu boasts the requisite lobster roll, plus Caesar salad, pizzas, burgers, and fish tacos.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
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Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 30 Apr. 2026
Start with a choice of soup, salad or garlic lime shrimp.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Chicken Salad Chick has been offering scoops and sandwiches, including cheddar melt meals (chicken salad sandwich with cheddar cheese and bacon), BLTs, turkey clubs and more.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
The pool menu boasts the requisite lobster roll, plus Caesar salad, pizzas, burgers, and fish tacos.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salad
Noun
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Food scraps, leaves and wood chips are some essentials that make up the compost medley needed to repair the soil.—
Kara Finnstrom,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Hudson delivered a Dreamgirls medley during the event, nodding to the 2006 film in which Murphy starred.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2026
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Since 2007, Congress has relied on a variety of general fund offsets to cover an increasingly larger share of the HTF.—
Andrew Stasiowski,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Gray served in a variety of consequential positions over the years and wielded influence deftly to the benefit of the community, said Dick Batchelor, who represented Central Florida in the Legislature from 1974 to 1982 and regarded Gray as a sage confidant.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Denim is large part of the brand’s assortment.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of photographs and historical documents are stored in archives and the collections section of the museum houses an assortment of memorabilia.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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In-person collage-making for those grieving.—
Staff Report,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
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The most lasting albums were built on the tradition of musique concrète, leading to dense, mesmerizing collages.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Salad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salad. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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