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Some users have reported limited success flashing firmware using Samsung's Odin to avoid losing data to a factory reset, although that seems to be very hit-and-miss.
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Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
Theatrical releases have become pricey hit-and-miss situations, but the streaming results put Wolfs in the win column for Apple, which has signed Watts to script to direct a sequel.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
So these detection models are still really hit-and-miss.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2024
These movies, targeted at the AARP crowd (Girls Trip this is not) almost totally rely on the chemistry of casting, and this is where The Fabulous Four lives up to its name with Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph all trying to sock some hit-and-miss material home.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 24 July 2024
While the band’s performances are spirited on A Kind of Magic, the songs are hit-and-miss, and Queen sometimes sounds lost in David Richards and Reinhold Mack’s cavernous production.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 18 May 2024
Screenshot by Tom Warren / The Verge Like the image generation, the paragraph rewriting can be a little hit-and-miss, introducing different meaning to sentences by swapping out words.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2024
Arizona’s Jayden de Laura The hit-and-miss quarterback had plenty of hits in Arizona’s 31-24 overtime loss at Mississippi State, accounting for three touchdowns and 386 total yards.
—Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
Showers are likely to remain very hit-and-miss with measurable amounts mainly less than a quarter of an inch.
—David Streit, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
Theatrical releases have become pricey hit-and-miss situations, but the streaming results put Wolfs in the win column for Apple, which has signed Watts to script to direct a sequel.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
So these detection models are still really hit-and-miss.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2024
These movies, targeted at the AARP crowd (Girls Trip this is not) almost totally rely on the chemistry of casting, and this is where The Fabulous Four lives up to its name with Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph all trying to sock some hit-and-miss material home.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 24 July 2024
While the band’s performances are spirited on A Kind of Magic, the songs are hit-and-miss, and Queen sometimes sounds lost in David Richards and Reinhold Mack’s cavernous production.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 18 May 2024
Screenshot by Tom Warren / The Verge Like the image generation, the paragraph rewriting can be a little hit-and-miss, introducing different meaning to sentences by swapping out words.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2024
Arizona’s Jayden de Laura The hit-and-miss quarterback had plenty of hits in Arizona’s 31-24 overtime loss at Mississippi State, accounting for three touchdowns and 386 total yards.
—Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
Showers are likely to remain very hit-and-miss with measurable amounts mainly less than a quarter of an inch.
—David Streit, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
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“Hit-and-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-and-miss. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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