How to Use scattergun in a Sentence

scattergun

noun or adjective

• There was a scattergun approach towards defensive targets and a shift from targeting permanent deals to loans.
  — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
• For Garcia, who joined in 2022, the mission was to modernize carefully and slowly, as opposed to a scattergun embrace of trends.
  — Lela London, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• Unlike the scattergun approach of traditional OEMs, Longbow will be targeted, launching country by country.
  — Richard Aucock, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2026
• But the scattergun decisions emerging from the VAR centre in Dallas led to goals being disallowed for minor ‘offences’ that would never lead to the award of a penalty had the players’ roles been reversed.
  — Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026
• Former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp ushered in that transition over many years of careful, targeted spending on two to three key players each summer rather than scattergun recruitment.
  — Steve Kornacki, NBC news, 1 May 2026