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miscellaneous

[mis-uh-lay-nee-uhs] / ˌmɪs əˈleɪ ni əs /


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There will be options for tomatoes, greens, fruit and the miscellaneous beautiful thing you bought before deciding what it was for.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

After gas spending, miscellaneous retailers—a category including gift shops and consignment stores—registered the highest growth in sales with a 2.3% monthly gain.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

The retired investment banker lived most of his life in Hong Kong and was famous in the territory for the Webb-site, a comprehensive online repository for corporate records and miscellaneous government data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Alternatively, couples might resolve to establish “yours,” “mine” and “ours” bank accounts where the joint account is used for monthly expenses with a budget that may or may not include miscellaneous activities.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 5, 2025

In the bottom of a big plastic jar of bolts and screws and miscellaneous hardware he found a double handful of gold krugerrands in a cloth sack.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy




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