mixed blessing
Example Sentences
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The single bright spot and mixed blessing to come out of all this is that her neighbors see Diarra as the go-to person for fixing lost causes and finding lost people.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
That kind of sudden, enormous demand surge is a mixed blessing.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
For Breanna's mum Megan Easton, the ban is a mixed blessing.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
And if you are drawing Social Security and you benefit each year from the annual cost-of-living adjustment, that, too, is a mixed blessing.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025
But gaining access to all of that information turned out to be something of a mixed blessing.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
