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Johnson, for example, shot poorly from the field on April 6, but Nickeil Alexander-Walker made seven 3s on 11 attempts for 36 points and a three-point Knicks margin of victory despite just eight Atlanta bench points.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
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Nevertheless, the Hawks The Ducks, despite finishing poorly this season, still managed to clinch a wild-card spot Monday and will make their first playoff appearance since 2018.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Canucks ownership should get some credit for spending to the level of the salary cap upper limit every season, but that was easier to do in the flat cap era, and in any event, there’s more to investing in excellence than spending inefficiently on player personnel.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Lower per-unit prices do not translate into lower total cost if utilization expands inefficiently or without appropriate indication.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
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The collapse of the Constitution’s balance of powers between three branches of government got us into an unneeded war conducted ineptly.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Dancing the Poznan really ineptly, mind you, but dancing nonetheless.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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As was mentioned in your editorial, the Broward school district has been incompetently managed, wasteful and corrupt for years.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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The information the city provided to win passage of a ballot measure in 2022 allowing this fee was incompetently inaccurate.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Incapably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapably. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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