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With a view to financing the rebuilding of Ukraine, Summers said the World Bank needs to emphasize speed of execution over its current more scattergun approach to development financing.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2022
The odds are that when facing a black-box situation, the evildoer will resort to using a scattergun approach in hopes that something will do the trick for them.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 May 2022
Today, with lots of capital at the earliest stages, founders are able to spend a lot on customer acquisition and take a more scattergun approach.
—Chris Smith, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
Rhodes and his bandmates Simon Le Bon, John Taylor and Roger Taylor also answered a round of scattergun questions.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2021
The general scattergun nature of it all reflects the need to fill an information void created when a first-year AD who’s never hired a coach before goes it alone without the help of a search firm.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2021
The spacious 24x56-inch cockpit allows plenty of freedom for swinging a scattergun.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2020
United's scattergun transfer approach certainly hasn't created a wave of optimism.
—Aimee Lewis, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
But a single-barrel introduced during the Great Depression gets my nod as the best squirrel-hunting scattergun of all time.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 18 Sep. 2020
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2022
The odds are that when facing a black-box situation, the evildoer will resort to using a scattergun approach in hopes that something will do the trick for them.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 May 2022
Today, with lots of capital at the earliest stages, founders are able to spend a lot on customer acquisition and take a more scattergun approach.
—Chris Smith, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
Rhodes and his bandmates Simon Le Bon, John Taylor and Roger Taylor also answered a round of scattergun questions.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2021
The general scattergun nature of it all reflects the need to fill an information void created when a first-year AD who’s never hired a coach before goes it alone without the help of a search firm.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2021
The spacious 24x56-inch cockpit allows plenty of freedom for swinging a scattergun.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2020
United's scattergun transfer approach certainly hasn't created a wave of optimism.
—Aimee Lewis, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
But a single-barrel introduced during the Great Depression gets my nod as the best squirrel-hunting scattergun of all time.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 18 Sep. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1836, in the meaning defined above
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“Scattergun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scattergun. Accessed 24 Mar. 2023.
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