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Recent Examples of inconsistently
The requirement has been inconsistently enforced in the past, based on accounts from posts on the Rocky Point/Puerto Penasco friends Facebook account.
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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
Without clear cross-functional accountability, policies may be inconsistently applied or ignored altogether.
—Austin Gadient, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The players who receive profile treatment are generally likable if inconsistently central to that action.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
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
Without clear cross-functional accountability, policies may be inconsistently applied or ignored altogether.
—Austin Gadient, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The players who receive profile treatment are generally likable if inconsistently central to that action.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsistently
Adverb
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Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Gruda has sometimes been used on the right flank, but playing more centrally as the No 10 suits his creative instincts.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Although Sheamus re-signed with WWE on a five-year deal in 2025, he’s been used only infrequently on Raw and SmackDown in recent years.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The researchers flagged that 70 percent of clinics given smart stethoscopes in the study stopped using them, or used them infrequently, after 12 months.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Job openings ticked down in July to levels rarely seen since the Covid-19 pandemic, bolstering fears of cooling in the labor market.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Consumers of the content rarely face legal consequences.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Because exits in sports seldom are graceful.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Sep. 2025
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Big Tech Vies With Utilities For Workers Another pressure — seldom mentioned but raised by Naylor — is the impact of the cash-rich tech behemoths on the skilled job market.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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 8 Sep. 2025.
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