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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
All Paradise had to do was get the ball inbounded, but an errant pass was intercepted by Kavian Bryant just outside the three-point arc.
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Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
The plot failed — the film takes its title from an errant choice of words to a prison guard by the director’s five-year-old sister — and yet the ramifications turned Riahi’s family and personal life upside down.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
The head of each family joins the game and whoever can hunt down the errant bride and kill her first gets to rule the world.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
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.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
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Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
The plot failed — the film takes its title from an errant choice of words to a prison guard by the director’s five-year-old sister — and yet the ramifications turned Riahi’s family and personal life upside down.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
The head of each family joins the game and whoever can hunt down the errant bride and kill her first gets to rule the world.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
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.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 13 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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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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What's worse are diesel prices.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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The family had made the three-day journey west based on reports that autism services in Colorado would be better, but in the upheaval of a move, Ethan had gotten worse and thrown his father into a wall.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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