as in unfailing
not being or likely to be wrong
an unerring taste in interior decoration
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Recent Examples of unerring
Incidentally, a good lead dog has an almost unerring sense of direction.
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Ted Updike, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2025
Stargazers are familiar with half a dozen or so bright meteor showers that return with unerring regularity every year — April's Lyrids, August's Perseids, Decembers's Geminids and others.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The South Korean master’s two most recent features, the sumptuous erotic period piece The Handmaiden and the intricate neo-noir romance Decision to Leave, showed him at the height of his powers, an elevated genre director with unerring control.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Of course, social media, with its unerring ability to optimize our feeds for outrage, has only amplified that tendency.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Ted Updike, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2025
Stargazers are familiar with half a dozen or so bright meteor showers that return with unerring regularity every year — April's Lyrids, August's Perseids, Decembers's Geminids and others.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The South Korean master’s two most recent features, the sumptuous erotic period piece The Handmaiden and the intricate neo-noir romance Decision to Leave, showed him at the height of his powers, an elevated genre director with unerring control.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Of course, social media, with its unerring ability to optimize our feeds for outrage, has only amplified that tendency.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unerring
Adjective
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Developed at the height of the Cold War, GPS was designed by the Pentagon to give US forces an unfailing sense of position anywhere on Earth.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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In a world where trust now comes at a premium, trust in your GenAI strategy starts with trusting the data that fuels it, and the most unfailing data in your business lives in your contracts.—
Monish Darda,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While mobile boarding passes are a convenient and accessible way to have one of your most important travel documents at the ready, technology isn’t infallible.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Supreme Court and its judges are not infallible or above criticism.—
Adriana Carranca,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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His size and demeanor are perfect for wrangling crowds and looking over heads at Titans games to see if people are trying to access vehicles in the parking lot, officers say.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Neville, who earned his degree in business administration from Regis, was a frequent recipient of perfect ratings from the American Conservative Union and Americans for Prosperity.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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ClearSpace Plastic Storage Bins 6-Pack, $34 with Prime The Kardashians star’s famously flawless pantry is all thanks to her Amazon organizational hacks.—
Kyra Surgent,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Falcons, Texans, Jets, Seahawks Baker Mayfield was nearly flawless, completing 29 of 33 passes for 379 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions as the Bucs’ fourth-quarter magic continued.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Lithium has been one of the most reliable treatments for bipolar disorder for decades.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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When renewable energy is paired with large batteries or other forms of grid management, it's proven to be reliable.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Unerring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unerring. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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