as in unpredictability
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Compounding the unpredictability of this year’s draft order is the fact that the WNBA is in the middle of an unprecedented free agency period, with dozens of top stars negotiating new contracts this spring to capitalize on the record new paydays afforded in the CBA.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
13 Apr. 2026 -
The effects on abuse survivors differ in their intensity, unpredictability and duration.—
Lynn DeWoskin Covarrubias,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Whether out of arrogance, capriciousness, or collective amnesia, this recent history was ignored.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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The capriciousness of fate was not lost on Karstens and many of the survivors.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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Malcolm's daughter is struggling in life and school, but her father's genetic toolkit only has belligerence, impulsiveness and thickheadedness, passed on by his on-screen parents.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Ortiz and Brown take on Bebo and Lola portraying the impulsiveness of youth, exacerbated, particularly in Bebo’s case, by poverty and limited options to make his way in the world.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
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This isn’t a role that requires dealing with chaos or moodiness — Russell Westbrook is no longer on the team, remember?—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Mar. 2026
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The movements feel rotoscoped and deliberate, and adds to the game’s moodiness.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Mercurialness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercurialness. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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