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potpourri

[poh-poo-ree, poh-poo-ree] / ˌpoʊ pʊˈri, ˈpoʊ pʊˌri /


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Doing the same in the U.S. would end needless bureaucracy and a potpourri of repayment plans and provide a safety net for struggling borrowers facing unemployment or health shocks.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

What results is a fragrant potpourri of verse fragments and computer-generated texts—which, to my knowledge, Mr. Ismailov has written himself, though uncertainty is part of the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Great Wolf Lodge is featuring a Pumpkin Spice Suite at five of its resorts this fall, decked out with potpourri, pumpkin throw pillows and bottomless pumpkin spice lattes.

From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2023

That California-based health-food chain’s signature spiced chai was brewed in vast quantities and perfumed the air so heavily that, after a hard day’s work, my company-issued “tea”-shirt smelled more like potpourri than perspiration.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2023

It smelled like Irish Spring and a little bit like potpourri and like something she couldn't describe any way other than boy.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell




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