hotchpotch

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But other studies point to a more complex story, in which humanity began as a hotchpotch of many different groups of ancient Africans that, together, evolved into modern-day humans.

From Scientific American • Apr. 14, 2022

The book is a hotchpotch of notes, a diary-slash-scrapbook of her life and how she apparently got there.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2020

The answer: they are all part of the myriad of inspirations found on the first full day of Paris’ ready-to-wear shows and fashion’s ever-creative hotchpotch.

From Washington Times • Sep. 24, 2014

The Whig party was closer to a hotchpotch of self-interested and discordant MPs.

From Economist • Jul. 3, 2014

To continue their experiments, they shut up in other boxes eggs, chiccory, lobsters, a hotchpotch of fish, and a soup!—and they applauded themselves like M. Appert, "on having fixed the seasons."

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave