inconsistencies

plural of inconsistency

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Recent Examples of inconsistencies In those interviews, there were clear inconsistencies between Randolph’s descriptions of what happened that night, and the physical evidence police gathered. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026 Scott treats the tale of Gayle and Miss X as a rich and layered text, in which the inconsistencies are not lies to be triumphantly exposed but symbols to be recursively interpreted. — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026 When marketing and compliance operate independently, inconsistencies often appear. — Ramesh Tambe, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Investigators are still working to determine exactly what happened inside the house, and Hartman said officers encountered inconsistencies while interviewing those who were there. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The speed at which artificial intelligence can scan online information to flag inconsistencies or problematic claims presents another point of exposure. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 Other issues Allen's attorneys are expected to argue before the appeals court are inconsistencies in how witnesses described the suspicious man near the trail, pointing to a sketch of a potential suspect that didn't look like Allen. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026 Her inconsistencies raised alarms for police, as the closed barn loft would have been unbearably hot that day to have visited voluntarily, per American Heritage. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 As in Monster, Lizzie blamed some of her story inconsistencies on the morphine she’d been administered as a sedative. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsistencies
Noun
  • Georgia needed only 24 offensive plays to storm out to a 28-0 halftime lead as its defense forced and feasted on Oklahoma errors.
    — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026
  • However, doing so degrades the signal and leads to data-reading errors.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Signs Your Business Has Outgrown Its Systems Owners often start to recognize their systems have become outdated when processes become difficult and mistakes happen more frequently.
    — Nellie Akalp, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Bank of America’s chief technology and information officer said one of the most common AI mistakes is reaching for it first.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Venus in your sign opposes the Moon in your partnership zone, increasing attraction while making differences in comfort, affection, or timing more obvious.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2026
  • There were geographic differences in the places where cancers caused by infections occurred, too.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Inconsistencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsistencies. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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