concoction
Example Sentences
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They didn’t know their chocolate-hazelnut concoction was aboard Orion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
We are always more afraid of something if it sounds like an artificial concoction rather than a natural product, even though asp venom and great white sharks are perfectly natural.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026
But domestically, factories and shopkeepers have to contend with a concoction of issues, including persistently weak consumer spending and tighter safety regulations.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
Pelphrey delivers the area’s signature elocution with absolute assurance, although his heartrending concoction of Robbie’s kindness and despair leaves a deeper impression than the way he speaks.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025
“It’s brand-new. They call it a Wiggle King. So colorful it’ll catch a blind fish. Anyway, I doubt that concoction is worth the fish and the lure.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Vocabulary lists containing concoction
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