- present participle of mix.
mixing
Example Sentences
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I agree with your overarching point: Mixing friendship and finance is usually a bad idea, especially when it comes to more vulnerable people.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Mixing chopped garlic with olive oil also maintains its natural hue.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Mixing private with public assets, as giant asset managers are racing to do, is confusing, cumbersome and risky.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Mixing dark-humoured poetry with soaring melodies, it roasts the UK’s immigration system, which treats the Trinidad-born, London-raised musician as an unwanted inconvenience.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024
“How that name comes up. Mixing memory and desire.”
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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