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Recent Examples of dicey
The appointment of a new medicine man is a dicey moment in the life of a tribe.
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
The rest of the season could get dicey at Intuit Dome if newly acquired Darius Garland is hurt, and the Thunder will be there at the end, waiting for that pick.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
It is widely seen as a hold for the Republicans, but the GOP has seen other safe seats get dicey if treated with indifference.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
The setback came during a dicey period in Liberato’s life.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 22 Jan. 2026
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
The rest of the season could get dicey at Intuit Dome if newly acquired Darius Garland is hurt, and the Thunder will be there at the end, waiting for that pick.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
It is widely seen as a hold for the Republicans, but the GOP has seen other safe seats get dicey if treated with indifference.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
The setback came during a dicey period in Liberato’s life.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicey
Adjective
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Justin Wrobleski — Can give them some length out of the bullpen, plus can step into the rotation if Sasaki or Sheehan prove too unreliable before Snell returns.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Their agencies — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, the WHO — were unreliable and often malevolent.—
David Blumenthal,
STAT,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Health officials, starting with Anthony Fauci, had been untrustworthy, self-interested, and aching for power.—
David Blumenthal,
STAT,
24 Mar. 2026
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There’s something untrustworthy about Walter.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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And then there’s Kimberly’s home life, which features an emotionally and physically fragile mom preparing to give birth and an undependable alcoholic father.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
25 Feb. 2026
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Yasmin, who was ousted from Pierpoint after a tabloid scandal involving her publishing-magnate father threatened to sully the bank by association, has turned to another undependable man for salvation, proposing to an aristocratic failson called Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington).—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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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The air rang with random alarms; the soft surfaces were mottled with mystery stains.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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The sentence, arrived at via a sequence of random numbers thrown out by the group itself, begins the eighth paragraph of page 432 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.—
Séamas O'Reilly,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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To run the table, Fearne would need the two-man game of Mingo and Anton Bonke to feast on smaller defenders, wing Arden Conyers to continue his late-season stride, and the hit-or-miss game of Damoni Harrison to fire on all cylinders.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
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Pritchard has been a hit-or-miss scorer of late, notching single-digit point totals in four of his last eight games, including goose eggs against Philadelphia and Charlotte.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicey. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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