mixed bag

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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

But a mixed bag of earnings this past week from Amazon.com, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, and Apple has reinforced the notion that XLK may be the way to go.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Wednesday's results revealed mixed bag for the companies on that front.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

As it stands, results over the past 30 to 40 days have been a mixed bag, with cruises to the Caribbean “performing extremely well” and Alaskan cruises benefiting from a shift in demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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