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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
The errant or confabulated information that AI tools can generate is often referred to as hallucinations.
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
UConn freshman Braylon Mullins sent the Huskies into the Final Four with an epic last-second shot thanks to an errant pass from Duke's Cayden Boozer.
—Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Ureña’s errant throw on Meyers’ tapper gifted their first runner of the sixth.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
His errant bullets had missed FDR but fatally wounded Cermak, Mabel Gill and William Sinnott, a former New York police officer working security.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
UConn freshman Braylon Mullins sent the Huskies into the Final Four with an epic last-second shot thanks to an errant pass from Duke's Cayden Boozer.
—Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Ureña’s errant throw on Meyers’ tapper gifted their first runner of the sixth.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
His errant bullets had missed FDR but fatally wounded Cermak, Mabel Gill and William Sinnott, a former New York police officer working security.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for errant
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Fierce in expression but controlled in form, the 1959 LP draws out a rootsy warmth from beneath the bebop that had consumed bandstands since World War II, forging a sound that feels at once confrontational, mischievous, and generous.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
4 Apr. 2026
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And then, a massive, mischievous grin.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Apr. 2026
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Fars released a video on Friday purporting to show nomadic Bakhtiari tribesmen, rifles in hand, searching for the American crew member in the mountains of Iran’s Khuzestan province.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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Gratitude for having a place to close your eyes doesn’t erase the loneliness of nomadic living.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
3 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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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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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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Gas and diesel prices have soared since the start of the Iran war, but the situation could get even worse later this year because of ethanol requirements and problems with fertilizer supply chains.—
E.J. Antoni,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Flattening the curve—making bad floods somewhat less bad—feels achievable.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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