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as in mischievous
engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior
blamed the prank on errant students
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as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
the errant gunslinger as a standard character in western novels
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Recent Examples of errant
From there, Jordan worked another walk to fill the bases again, followed by Duer chopping the ball to third base, forcing the Sooners to make an errant throw, driving two more runs in.
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Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
Jamie Garrett, a spokesperson for the Fire Department, said the errant bill to Johnson was a rare mistake.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
William Eklund and Shakir Mukhamadullin each had quality scoring chances before a Celebrini forecheck caused Tuch’s errant pass inside the Buffalo zone.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
On a calm, frigid afternoon, Matthews showed me the array and pointed out that the aircraft radar was on, to make sure that no errant pilot tried to fly overhead.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
Jamie Garrett, a spokesperson for the Fire Department, said the errant bill to Johnson was a rare mistake.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
William Eklund and Shakir Mukhamadullin each had quality scoring chances before a Celebrini forecheck caused Tuch’s errant pass inside the Buffalo zone.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
On a calm, frigid afternoon, Matthews showed me the array and pointed out that the aircraft radar was on, to make sure that no errant pilot tried to fly overhead.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for errant
Adjective
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Creative courage returns as the instinctive Moon conjoins mischievous Mercury in your 5th House of Play, urging you to express whatever stirs within.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2026
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However, his capacity to transform physically yet never lose the beautiful mind and mischievous spirit of genius Stephen Hawking, living with the paralyzing effects of ALS, is what's supremely remarkable about his performance.—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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This was all explained to me in the oasis town of Tighmert by Abderrahmane Laasel, who grew up in a nomadic family that once traveled hundreds of miles each year to find pasture.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Anthropocene framing conscripts the work into contemporary climate discourse, rendering its specific engagement with Kazakh nomadic destruction merely illustrative of broader ecological crisis.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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These plays are often brilliant, and even lesser variants are fun to watch, because piñata-whacking itself is a naughty thrill, a cathartic fantasy for anyone with a family and/or a secret.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Having been warned that a former child prodigy is coming to town, Salieri first happens to spy Mozart playing a naughty game of hide-and-seek with his wife-to-be, Constanze Weber (Lauren Worsham), in and out of her skirt.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks.—
Katharina Kotrba,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Nobody paid much attention to weather forecasts because winter days were usually the same and, if different, just worse.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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Jokic eagerly took advantage of bad transition defense, looking for long outlet passes to Braun and Bruce Brown.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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