melting pot
noun
plural melting pots
1
a
: a place where a variety of peoples, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole
b
: the population of such a place
2
: a process of blending that often results in invigoration or novelty
Examples of melting pot in a Sentence
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Beyoncé is replying with other national myths: the U.S. as a cultural melting pot, a hotbed of innovation, a place whose future is more interesting than its past.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
Birkin herself confessed her melting pot of bag charms were part of an expression of individuality.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
If the United States is a melting pot, this is the furnace.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
And that's what New York is, a melting pot for all these different races and religions.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2023
Seeking to capture that feeling, and to speak to the culture of the young Black girl growing up in Brooklyn at the center of the story, Saadiq aimed to capture the electric feeling of the city’s cultural melting pot.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 15 Mar. 2024
Oakland has always been a melting pot of so many people, so many cultures.
—Noël Burgess, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The brooch was a catalyst for her world-famous collection that eventually grew into an overflowing, international melting pot of jewelry, accessories and apparel.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2024
That melting pot will create a mood that reflects the hardships and joys of each culture that reaches back across two tumultuous centuries.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2024
Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
Birkin herself confessed her melting pot of bag charms were part of an expression of individuality.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
If the United States is a melting pot, this is the furnace.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
And that's what New York is, a melting pot for all these different races and religions.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2023
Seeking to capture that feeling, and to speak to the culture of the young Black girl growing up in Brooklyn at the center of the story, Saadiq aimed to capture the electric feeling of the city’s cultural melting pot.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 15 Mar. 2024
Oakland has always been a melting pot of so many people, so many cultures.
—Noël Burgess, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The brooch was a catalyst for her world-famous collection that eventually grew into an overflowing, international melting pot of jewelry, accessories and apparel.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2024
That melting pot will create a mood that reflects the hardships and joys of each culture that reaches back across two tumultuous centuries.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2024
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“Melting pot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/melting%20pot. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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