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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
In the bottom of the second, Hicks hit Trea Turner with an errant 100.9 mph sinker.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
There is no one cause for errant federal payments, and fraud and improper payments are not synonyms.
—Kevin R. Kosar, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
The notion of an errant line emitted from disabled bodies, intentionally or unintentionally, is inextricable from the modern origins of graphic inscription and other graphic methods in the nineteenth century.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Rozier missed a jumper and reverse layup and threw an errant alley-oop to Ware in his four scoreless minutes.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
There is no one cause for errant federal payments, and fraud and improper payments are not synonyms.
—Kevin R. Kosar, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
The notion of an errant line emitted from disabled bodies, intentionally or unintentionally, is inextricable from the modern origins of graphic inscription and other graphic methods in the nineteenth century.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Rozier missed a jumper and reverse layup and threw an errant alley-oop to Ware in his four scoreless minutes.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for errant
Adjective
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Next, Negan saw Annie… and Joshua (whose smile was as mischievous as we’d been told).—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
15 June 2025
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View More On the cover, a young Chenier holds a 25-pound accordion the length of his torso, a big, mischievous smile on his face.—
Reya Hart,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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Significantly, the circles represent specific villages or nomadic bands, not tribes or nations.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
13 June 2025
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But here's where global nomadic leaders shine: adaptability.—
Katrina Burrus,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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The Renaissance’s old love language — the naughty puns, the sighs of longing and strategies of seduction, the paeans to the beauty of beloveds masked by fanciful Greek and Latin names — had grown obsolete long before Millay’s time.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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They are seen flinging a pizza box into their bucolic yard, smearing their faces with paint, raising their middle fingers, and saying naughty words.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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Things are indeed so bad that another source told the outlet that the two might not see each other again until their father dies.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
16 June 2025
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Bane is a 41 percent career 3-point shooter who, in his five prior seasons, never shot worse than 38.1 percent from deep in a season.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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