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Recent Examples of inconsistently
Islands such as Izu, Bonin, and Mariana are also inconsistently classified, with some geologists including them and others excluding them.
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Both Russ and Chad are inconsistently written, but Powell is fully committed to all of their inconsistencies.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Alerts about the fires and calls to evacuate were delayed and inconsistently received.
—Micki Olson, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2025
From a tax perspective, for example, there is danger that individuals with imperfect compliance histories may be judged inconsistently.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The requirement has been inconsistently enforced in the past, based on accounts from posts on the Rocky Point/Puerto Penasco friends Facebook account.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
That player has shown up inconsistently over the years, though.
—Corey Pronman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Both Russ and Chad are inconsistently written, but Powell is fully committed to all of their inconsistencies.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Alerts about the fires and calls to evacuate were delayed and inconsistently received.
—Micki Olson, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2025
From a tax perspective, for example, there is danger that individuals with imperfect compliance histories may be judged inconsistently.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The requirement has been inconsistently enforced in the past, based on accounts from posts on the Rocky Point/Puerto Penasco friends Facebook account.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
That player has shown up inconsistently over the years, though.
—Corey Pronman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsistently
Adverb
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Matthiessen and Love sometimes argued about who would die first.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Dua Lipa has regularly performed covers during her Radical Optimism tour, sometimes bringing the artists out onstage with her.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Unfortunately, movies like Real Women Have Curves come around very infrequently and rarely, and maybe that's part of the problem.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
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But with expensive and large electronics purchases happening infrequently for most households, many tech companies are increasingly relying on ads for recurring revenue.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Rollins rarely shoots when dribbling around a screen.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The bill expands on a 2023 law, which police found too restrictive and used rarely.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Linda’s daughter is never identified by name, and she is often heard but seldom seen.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Using simple yet incandescent prose, Paine renounced, repudiated and ridiculed at a clip seldom witnessed in print before or since.—
Matthew Redmond,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Today, nearly all migrants that arrive irregularly at the border are barred from seeking protection at the border and most are detained and processed for deportation.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Both moons are irregularly shaped.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Inconsistently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsistently. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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