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Recent Examples of hit-and-miss
Creating embryo models has also been a hit-and-miss process for most research groups, with only a small percentage of stem cells going on to self-organize into embryo-like structures.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
Multiple rounds of hit-and-miss showers are possible in the Kansas City area on Monday, with some of the storms expected to be strong to severe, according to the National Weather Service.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
Capaldi himself was a phenomenal Doctor, bringing that trademark blend of grizzled warrior and cosmic buffoon, but his episodes were a bit hit-and-miss.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 May 2025
On the other hand, anti-personnel drone bombing is, so to speak, a matter or hit-and-miss.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Her exit comes after a hit-and-miss string of Prime Video titles with high budgets: Under her tenure, for every spectacular Fallout came a lackluster Citadel or Red One.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Yet success and financial backing were hit-and-miss until 2019 with Stewart-Haas Racing.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2025
The quality of the ensemble players can be hit-and-miss.
—Nina Metz, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
And there is, of course, uncertainty in partnering with any movie due to the hit-and-miss nature of Hollywood.
—Louis Biscotti, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
Multiple rounds of hit-and-miss showers are possible in the Kansas City area on Monday, with some of the storms expected to be strong to severe, according to the National Weather Service.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
Capaldi himself was a phenomenal Doctor, bringing that trademark blend of grizzled warrior and cosmic buffoon, but his episodes were a bit hit-and-miss.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 May 2025
On the other hand, anti-personnel drone bombing is, so to speak, a matter or hit-and-miss.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Her exit comes after a hit-and-miss string of Prime Video titles with high budgets: Under her tenure, for every spectacular Fallout came a lackluster Citadel or Red One.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Yet success and financial backing were hit-and-miss until 2019 with Stewart-Haas Racing.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2025
The quality of the ensemble players can be hit-and-miss.
—Nina Metz, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
And there is, of course, uncertainty in partnering with any movie due to the hit-and-miss nature of Hollywood.
—Louis Biscotti, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-and-miss
Adjective
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But the study said many students, parents and school officials felt the roll-out of the policy was haphazard and that enforcement has been inconsistent.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
24 July 2025
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Economists and trade researchers say the haphazard nature of the trade war is compounding the longer-term pressure on US manufacturing.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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In case of doubt, competent authorities may carry out random on-site inspections of cybersecurity standards in the companies, for which the management can be held liable.—
Dennis-Kenji Kipker,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The Chinese scientist used the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR, which allows scientists to make very precise changes in DNA much more easily than ever before but can cause potentially dangerous random mutations.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Another wave of steamy summertime heat and hit-or-miss storms is on the way to the Kansas City area, according to the National Weather Service.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Aug. 2025
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Moreover, the 15-year-old media company controls the rights to such hit-or-miss Paramount properties as Terminator, Transformers, and G.I. Joe.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Masaki Suda plays Ryosuke Yoshii, a somewhat aimless young man who makes ends meet buying merchandise in bulk from troubled businesses and reselling it online at a substantial mark-up.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The pleasure Warner brings to the exchange reflects just how much his character has transformed from an aimless teen afraid to fail into an adult who recognizes that trial and error are part of life.—
Laura Bradley,
The Atlantic,
2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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My identity, too, felt indeterminate in this desultory period between separation and divorce.—
Terry Nguyen
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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But the Delgados are somehow worse in their desultory family dramas, with the useless Xavier trying to prove himself to Reuben, and Isabella adopting a baby aquilops, a series of sitcom story lines dropped into the jungle.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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In some ways, are triple doubles an arbitrary achievement?—
Shane Young,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Lalami clearly needed a way to get Sara home to end the book, and springing her in this way is consistent with the arbitrary nature of her incarceration and the mercurial behavior of her keepers.—
Book Marks
August 7,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Rylee Love, 6, was killed by a stray bullet on July 27, exactly one month after Samir Josiah Grubbs, 4, was gunned down at Skinner Playfield.—
Andrea May Sahouri,
Freep.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Hotter and drier conditions in North American forests mean that there is more dry wood and underbrush that can easily be ignited by a stray campfire spark or a lightning strike.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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The lead-up to Thursday fit the slapdash nature of Trump’s tariffs, which have been rolled out, walked back, delayed, increased, imposed by letter and renegotiated.—
Josh Boak,
Twin Cities,
7 Aug. 2025
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On a whim, Joe decides to oppose him, and recruits his fellow officers, Guy (Luke Grimes) and Michael (Micheal Ward), to help him with his admittedly slapdash campaign.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
19 May 2025
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“Hit-and-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-and-miss. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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