as in disaster
something that has failed
undaunted by his early fiascoes, he continued his experiments in rocketry
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Recent Examples of fiasco
April’s tariff fiasco has laid bare the fact that, while AI is a promising technology with the potential to significantly impact operating costs, much of the global economy is rooted in physical inputs and goods, sourced and sold around the world.
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Ruth Foxe Blader, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Marc Caputo Mar 25, 2025 - Politics & Policy
White House defiant after messaging fiasco with The Atlantic
Trump administration true believers are closing ranks to try to protect top national security officials from being pushed out over Monday's Signal scandal, insiders tell Axios.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
The 101 Ash Street fiasco and the 25% wage increase given to city workers a few years ago both led to this mess.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
The fiasco has raised concerns about the company’s claims about its models’ performance being potentially misleading and points to the fact that these benchmarks aren’t always a reliable measure for AI’s capabilities.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Ruth Foxe Blader, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Marc Caputo Mar 25, 2025 - Politics & Policy
White House defiant after messaging fiasco with The Atlantic
Trump administration true believers are closing ranks to try to protect top national security officials from being pushed out over Monday's Signal scandal, insiders tell Axios.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
The 101 Ash Street fiasco and the 25% wage increase given to city workers a few years ago both led to this mess.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
The fiasco has raised concerns about the company’s claims about its models’ performance being potentially misleading and points to the fact that these benchmarks aren’t always a reliable measure for AI’s capabilities.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiasco
Noun
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After severe storms hit the state in mid-March, Sanders applied for disaster relief through FEMA, under what's known as a major disaster declaration.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The march happened after more disasters caused by climate change and pollution impacted the country.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Eighty years since the end of World War II, Amsterdam’s mayor apologized for the city’s role in the persecution of its Jewish residents during the Holocaust, in a rare acknowledgment of a collective moral failure by a city leader.—
Anupreeta Das,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The fraud on his watch represents one of the greatest failures of a public official in the state’s history.—
Jim Schultz,
National Review,
1 May 2025
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“Fiasco.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiasco. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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