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Recent Examples of scattershot
The risk of business as usual—which is to say, limited and scattershot progress—could cut industry bottom lines by 34 percent by 2030 and as much as 67 percent by 2040, Aii said last month.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2026
Without a clear presentation to Congress or a formal address to the nation, the administration's communication has been scattershot and intermittent, leaving Americans with the task of piecing it all together.
—Justin Fishel, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
But that would require speaking with one voice, and their scattershot outreach to China makes that difficult.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
The crossfire was scattershot but unsparing.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2026
Without a clear presentation to Congress or a formal address to the nation, the administration's communication has been scattershot and intermittent, leaving Americans with the task of piecing it all together.
—Justin Fishel, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
But that would require speaking with one voice, and their scattershot outreach to China makes that difficult.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
The crossfire was scattershot but unsparing.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scattershot
Adjective
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All of this is a bit haphazard, and none of it is very deep or revealing.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Lawmakers have accused the Justice Department of withholding too many files and criticized the agency for haphazard redactions that exposed intimate details about victims.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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May 21 – June 20 A random chat could inspire you to make smarter moves.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
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They are proven hitters, and baseball can be random, especially in this early part of the season when ballparks are still frozen and very few players are in midseason form.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Another concern is the protection of Route 90, the only highway connecting the small and scattered communities of the north, on which the 27-year-old woman was killed last week.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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Earlier sunshine way to clouds and scattered rain as the first, in a series, of passing systems brings brief wet weather to Maryland.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Rainbow and Rainbow Miss winners have an incidental connection or two.—
Bob Wisener,
Arkansas Online,
5 Apr. 2026
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These dynamics are not incidental to the format.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The latest data leak is potentially more damaging to Anthropic than the earlier accidental exposure of the company’s draft blog post about its forthcoming model.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Each accidental catch potentially removes an animal that was alive before the Industrial Revolution.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Justice Department has continued to face pressure and criticism over omissions, improper redactions and the inadvertent release of victims' names.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Many states that accept late-arriving absentee ballots implemented their policies during the COVID-19 pandemic when vote by mail surged in popularity and Postal Service delays raised concerns about inadvertent disenfranchisement.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Since then there have been sporadic signs of life regarding the venue, mostly to do with liquor licensing and permit requests, such as last October when a company called Dome Center LLC filed an application for a conditional-use permit.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Over the last week, government responses had been sporadic, but seemed to signal that the return was a matter of when — not if.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Trump’s goal is to distract you from rising gas prices, his aimless war, ICE abuses, and the Epstein files.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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No surprise, then, that Kim is initially skeptical of Sean’s conspiracy theories, assuming her aimless husband to be fixating on trivial nonsense.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Scattershot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scattershot. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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