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Recent Examples of dicey
At least one of those is going to have to hit in the fourth or this is going to get dicey for Sean Payton's team.
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Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
This news comes at a dicey time for Star Wars as a whole.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2026
Winning them over could be dicey.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
In a dicey moment when Orgon thinks that his secret crookedness might mean his family’s utter ruin, a messenger from the King arrives.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
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Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
This news comes at a dicey time for Star Wars as a whole.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2026
Winning them over could be dicey.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
In a dicey moment when Orgon thinks that his secret crookedness might mean his family’s utter ruin, a messenger from the King arrives.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicey
Adjective
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Social media reaction — good or bad, depending on the performance and result — is an unreliable barometer of reality.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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The continent has in recent years drastically cut its reliance on Russian pipeline gas following Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but its main source to fill the gap, Washington, has proven unreliable, making homegrown clean power all the more necessary.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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An untrustworthy future tempts us to either disengage, retreat into cynicism, or live angry.—
Phillip Halpern,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Within hours lies were flowing, predictably from a lawless and untrustworthy president and his dishonest DHS secretary, who blamed the victim in direct contradiction of video evidence.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Over the subsequent stories, Goodman crafts subtle investigations of the relations between siblings, the fine blend of anxiety and pride parents feel for their offspring, and the bemused affection an aunt or uncle might feel for their aimless nieces or haphazard nephews.—
Chloe Schama,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2026
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The haphazard plot twists itself into knots to include Jeremy Pope’s unfortunately eponymous character, before moving on to far shorter flings with equally monotonous cast members.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Police have started planning for next year’s New Year’s events, including traffic control and celebratory random gunfire, Comeaux said.—
Timia Cobb
Breaking News Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Powering through the memory shortage Memory costs — primarily referring to DRAM, or dynamic random access memory used for temporary, short-term semiconductor memory and NAND used for long-term storage — have soared over the past year due to rising compute needs from AI data centers.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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And while its status as an Academy Awards bellwether has been hit-or-miss over the years — particularly given the tumult surrounding the show and its members — recognition there can help boost a film’s prospects.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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These setups are bizarre, provocative, and often hit-or-miss.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicey. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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