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Recent Examples of hit-and-miss
The hit-and-miss nature has been highlighted by those with early access to the hardware.
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Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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
Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-and-miss
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In this instance, Winston, after his mutation, is looking clean house on Bob Garbinger (Kevin Bacon), a corrupt businessman whose haphazard ways led to his terminal illness and skirts treating him for it.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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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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The agreement says Campbell’s campaign was selected for audit at a random drawing in 2023.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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The second verse is no less random, with lyrics about moonwalking on a UFO, dropping bars while brushing teeth and a shout out to legendary 2001 blaxploitation-adjacent comedy Pootie Tang.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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Vacation rentals can be a hit-or-miss proposition.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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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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The threat for heavy rain in South Florida is diminishing, however typical scattered thunderstorms with locally heavy downpours are still possible in the area through the weekend.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The result was a mile-long line that turned scattered craftwork into synchronized production.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Aug. 2025
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Ari is aimless and has made the executive decision to wean himself off his antidepressants; Sam is tortured by the prospect of going straight from college into a boring and unfulfilling career at Morgan Stanley.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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Liam, once aimless and unhoused, quickly finds purpose in the charade as a husband and father.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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In a somewhat desultory Virginia childhood, fishing with my father was a recurring motif.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
7 Aug. 2025
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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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And part of that structure is ensuring that the IRS consistently enforces the code without imposing arbitrary changes on certain taxpayers.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Both sides have also carried out arbitrary detentions, with SAF interrogating and beating dozens of Christians in 2024 and 2025.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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But before Wednesday, only four incidents had occurred in Poland during the war, with Romanian and Moldova most affected, although stray drones were detected in Latvia in September 2024 and fellow NATO members Lithuania and Estonia in July and August this year, ACLED said.—
Brendan Cole
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Department Director Annette Jose said the attack does not appear to have been done by a stray dog.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Hit-and-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-and-miss. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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