mixed bag

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One key takeaway from the nearly completed first-quarter earnings season is that companies catering to well-heeled shoppers have done well, while the rest are a bit of a mixed bag.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Super Micro Computer’s fiscal third-quarter earnings were a mixed bag, but the company delivered the above-consensus earnings and margins that investors were looking for.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

V&A East Museum, then, is a mixed bag and largely a missed opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

April is notorious for brining a mixed bag of unpredictable weather and this week has been a real example of that.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

There was an immense quantity of large game, and I had made a mixed bag of elephants, hippopotami, buffaloes, rhinoceros, giraffes, and great numbers of the large antelopes.

From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Baker, Samuel White, Sir