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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
Bridges contorts his body, and jacks up an errant layup, but the play isn’t done there.
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Seismometers offer silver bullets, allowing scientists to use moonquakes (whether homegrown or imported via lunar impacts of errant meteoroids) to effectively perform a CT scan of the deep subsurface.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
Forsythe does more than just pull in errant pitches and provide run support for Brueggmann, though.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Sure, there were errant 3-pointers, and a wild reverse layup that was way off in the third quarter.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Seismometers offer silver bullets, allowing scientists to use moonquakes (whether homegrown or imported via lunar impacts of errant meteoroids) to effectively perform a CT scan of the deep subsurface.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
Forsythe does more than just pull in errant pitches and provide run support for Brueggmann, though.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Sure, there were errant 3-pointers, and a wild reverse layup that was way off in the third quarter.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for errant
Adjective
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This mischievous psychothriller takes that premise to new, nerve-fraying levels.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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Berfield played Reese, Malcolm's mischievous older brother.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Athletics got to Yankees closer David Bednar in the ninth inning Wednesday night, paving the way for a 3-2, series-tying victory for the nomadic visitors at Yankee Stadium.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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These descendants of Kazakh nomadic herders, who once moved freely across the steppe with their animals, now speak of staying put as a mark of strength rather than constraint.—
Magdalena Stawkowski,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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The jokes — good, bad and cheap — come non-stop in then show’s 90 minutes, and are filled and sometimes pummeled with pop culture and brand-name references, puns, anachronistic humor, and naughty bits.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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The home needed to display her naughty sense of humor too.—
Julie Vadnal,
Architectural Digest,
18 Mar. 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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Kawhi Leonard sat out for the Clippers to rest ankle and wrist injuries, while Draymond Green was out for the Warriors with a bad back.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Was Paul’s effect on history, incalculably large, good or bad on the whole?—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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