olla podridas

noun

variants also ollas podridas
plural of olla podrida
as in varieties
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things the olla podrida of tongues that one hears on the streets of a bustling metropolis like New York City

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  1. varieties
  2. assortments
  3. medleys
  4. jumbles
  5. collages
  6. jambalayas
Noun
  • Common aster varieties include New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) with purplish-pink flowers, and common goldenrods include tall goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) and Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis).
    — Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Owned by the Tasca D’Almerita family since 1830, the area is planted with wheat, grain, olive trees, and almond trees in addition to native and international grape varieties.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of varieties
Noun
  • The vintage furniture—frames and mirrors and desks dating anywhere from the 16th to 19th centuries—sings in artful assortments.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Customers increasingly found their once-beloved store stocked with sporadic, often sparse assortments in their favorite categories.
    — Rachel Felder, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of assortments
Noun
  • Lowlights included uninspiring medleys.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
  • For the elder millennials, the bittersweet spot was the medleys of older Kanye cuts released from 2004 to 2016 (think The College Dropout to The Life of Pablo).
    — Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of medleys
Noun
  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of jumbles
Noun
  • During my visit, the museum showed an exhibit about how Yves Saint Laurent engaged with Matisse’s work, displaying Saint Laurent’s clothing alongside the paintings and collages that inspired them.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Wiener not only leaves behind a richly complex body of work straddling textiles, painting, photographs, and collages, but also a career intricately connected to one of the most important chapters of Austrian art.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of collages
Noun
  • While most jambalayas are made with rice cooked with ham, sausage, chicken, shrimp, or oysters and seasoned with herbs, some recipes call for tomatoes or celery, while others do not.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
Definition of jambalayas
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“Olla podridas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/olla%20podridas. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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