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Synonyms
admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, cocktail, combination, composite, compound, conflation, emulsion, fusion, intermixture, meld, mix, synthesis
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The remark was one of several from local residents who reacted with a mixture of mockery and anger to the reports, which originated with a report by in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. — NBC News, "Greenlanders mock reports that President Trump wants to buy Greenland," 16 Aug. 2019 The news was met with a mixture of surprise and dismay, with some fearing that these lifeforms could contaminate the Moon. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "Why stowaway creatures on the Moon confound international space law," 16 Aug. 2019 Setting [the new series] at Brakebills gives us the chance to tell all new stories in a familiar setting, with a mixture of existing and new characters, and give readers something that feels very fresh while being unmistakably The Magicians. — Graeme Mcmillan, The Hollywood Reporter, "Lev Grossman's 'The Magicians' Starts Over as New Comic Book Series," 15 Aug. 2019 The negative emotions escalated in the first few days of the disconnected holiday with a mixture of frustration, worry, isolation, and anxiety. — Brad Mckenna, Quartzy, "The terrifying, liberating experience of traveling without your smartphone," 15 Aug. 2019 During that episode, Muyembe attempted to treat patients with a mixture of antibodies from Ebola survivors. — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, "Finally, some good news about Ebola: Two new treatments dramatically lower the death rate in a trial," 12 Aug. 2019 The 3,682 square-foot single-story home was built in 1998 and came with a mixture of odd features but great opportunities when the couple bought the property in 2015. — azcentral, "Couple downsizes but upgrades their Fountain Hills home with help of former Suns player. Take a look," 8 Aug. 2019 In 2000, for example, the housing authority began demolishing Victoria Courts, a downtown complex built in the 1940s that was replaced with a mixture of market rate and subsidized apartments. — Marina Starleaf Riker, ExpressNews.com, "SAHA to build $19-million apartments next to Alazan-Apache Courts," 26 July 2019 Overall, members of the legal cannabis industry view the prospect of federal legalization—which some expect to happen in five to 10 years—with a mixture of hope and trepidation. — Hannah Wallace, WIRED, "High Drama: A Cannabis Biotech Company Roils Small Growers," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mixture.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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