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Recent Examples of dicey
The main problem is trying to monetize people and replace them, which is turning out to be a dicey call for most companies.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
May still be dicey getting the full race in.
—Greg Cote
may 3, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
Throughout the first two months of the Iran war, Democrats forced six votes attempting to trigger the resolution—which, as my colleague Tom Nichols has written, would be a dicey choice—but Republicans defeated all six.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
Those extra frames were where things started to get dicey for the Mammoth, who started to look gassed as time rolled on into double overtime.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
May still be dicey getting the full race in.
—Greg Cote
may 3, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
Throughout the first two months of the Iran war, Democrats forced six votes attempting to trigger the resolution—which, as my colleague Tom Nichols has written, would be a dicey choice—but Republicans defeated all six.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
Those extra frames were where things started to get dicey for the Mammoth, who started to look gassed as time rolled on into double overtime.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicey
Adjective
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Polling in mayoral races is typically pretty unreliable.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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My father called the animal-control office, which was notoriously unreliable; in this case, someone there talked to the owner a couple of times and then gave up.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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There is evidence that this tendency, known as the endowment effect, was favored by natural selection when bargains were risky in a pre-modern world, a time when giving over one item, in trade for another, might risk getting nothing at all from an untrustworthy trading partner.—
Owen D. Jones,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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The plaintiff’s counsel repeatedly questioned Altman’s character, accusing him of being untrustworthy, and of routinely lying.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
19 May 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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Both residents and tourists cruise around on single-speed bikes, parking them in haphazard piles to shop in luxury boutiques, visit the famous Sunday market for clothing and home goods, or grab a cappuccino in a glitzy café.—
Rebecca Rose,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
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San Diego isn’t effectively clearing flammable brush from private properties due to a haphazard inspection system that doesn’t include hefty fines and often fails to re-inspect properties deemed dangerous, a new city audit finds.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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But, a series of random attacks that left two women dead and a man injured in Atlanta over the past few weeks have some locals on edge, and others wondering if the city is truly prepared to handle the safety of thousands of extra people.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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The vast majority of e-chucks are made of ceramic — hence Toto’s seemingly random decision to add them to its portfolio.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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The greatest chance of hit-or-miss storms will be in the mountains.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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According to the pro, the lounge experience can be hit-or-miss.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2026
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicey. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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