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Recent Examples of dicey
It's been a bit overshadowed by Micah Parsons situation in Dallas, but the Commanders are also dealing with a dicey contract situatio.
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Add Amazon to the mix, and things can get even dicier.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2025
Even near-term forecasts can be dicey.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Social Security is a dicey issue on Capitol Hill as lawmakers want to solve the federal program's insolvency crisis but don't want to upset their constituents who benefit from it.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Add Amazon to the mix, and things can get even dicier.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2025
Even near-term forecasts can be dicey.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Social Security is a dicey issue on Capitol Hill as lawmakers want to solve the federal program's insolvency crisis but don't want to upset their constituents who benefit from it.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicey
Adjective
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His attorneys argued he should be spared, citing unreliable bite mark evidence and questions about his intellectual disability.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Karlsson cautioned that early-month figures are unreliable due to unpredictable weather in Europe.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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But now, when boys try to signal feminist alignment and emotional sensitivity through popular books and music, social media turned them into a meme and has called them out as untrustworthy.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
24 Sep. 2025
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Many people who lack self-understanding are viewed by others as untrustworthy, which relates to them being unpredictable, impulsive, poor listeners who are unable to understand other people’s perspectives and can’t see how their actions and behaviors are experienced by others.—
Margaret C. Andrews,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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But while the stock market is often a fickle friend, as are commodities such as oil and natural gas, wheat and corn, part of what was so shocking in 2022 was the simultaneous slump in government and corporate bonds, which proved as undependable as stocks.—
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CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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Food, water and other resources would have to be shipped from home, at distances that make the supply frighteningly undependable.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct. 2024
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In this instance, Winston, after his mutation, is looking clean house on Bob Garbinger (Kevin Bacon), a corrupt businessman whose haphazard ways led to his terminal illness and skirts treating him for it.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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But the study said many students, parents and school officials felt the roll-out of the policy was haphazard and that enforcement has been inconsistent.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
24 July 2025
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No Breaks will invite viewers into the beautiful chaos of everyday life, including work, parenting, friendships, sports and the wonderfully random topics that take over group chats.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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Instead of pulling out random strands, Hazan recommends starting at the front and working back toward your crown, sectioning out 10 quarter-inch-wide pieces a quarter of an inch apart.—
Maureen Choi,
Glamour,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Showers will be hit-or-miss, but there could be pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall, National Weather Service meteorologist Kevin Wagner said.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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Other areas of the region have seen more action, with over 2 inches in north Scottsdale, north Phoenix and parts of the West Valley, showing the hit-or-miss nature of monsoon storms.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicey. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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