hodgepodge

He boasts of achieving a seventh-degree black belt in Keichu-do karate, a Cajun hodgepodge martial art developed by his biological father, Karl.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

“It will give researchers a chance to see if we put this hodgepodge of carrots and sticks together,” said Jeanna Kenney, an economics and real-estate professor at the Villanova School of Business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

What follows is a sometimes frustrating, often hilarious hodgepodge of observations about the innate folly of living in a world where treating employees with basic respect is seen as optional.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

Libor Svoboda, a historian at the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, called the law a "hodgepodge" in its current shape but admitted it had fulfilled its task in the past.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

Beyond the main boulevard, the city was a hodgepodge of medieval castle towers, Roman walls, limestone town houses with red-tiled roofs, and modern office buildings all crammed together.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

His shows were hodgepodges of muchness — jewelry and eyeglasses and bags and clothes — that celebrated character over chic.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

They face states, counties and cities with shifting and often senseless hodgepodges of guidelines and restrictions, or, sometimes, no rules at all.

From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2021

I continue to receive these nonsensical hodgepodges of random numbers & letters.

From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2016

In particular, operas known as pasticcios staged in the 17th and 18th centuries were freewheeling hodgepodges, offering fast-paced spectacles of music by several composers, with plot, action and libretto altered at whim.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2010

Indian companies were formerly privately owned hodgepodges put together, without economic rhyme or reason, over the years.

From Time Magazine Archive