as in nondeliberate
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Adjective
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Tyler Walter Edwards pleaded guilty in April to second-degree unintentional murder for the July 25, 2024, death of Maxton Keith Gudowski.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
15 June 2026 -
Thanks to his passion for gardening, O’Connor might also be the unintentional celebrity figurehead of the analog hobby movement.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 June 2026
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An offshoot of the popular podcast that actor-comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang have hosted since 2016, the award show aims to celebrate the year’s biggest pop culture moments and plays like a fever dream more dazzling and deliciously random than a late-night scroll session on TikTok.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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These aren’t random acquisitions.—
Ivan Guzenko,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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However, what ends up on screen is interminably dull, both in its visual construction and in its haphazard narrative swerves.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
8 June 2026
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San Diego isn’t effectively clearing flammable brush from private properties due to a haphazard inspection system that doesn’t include hefty fines and often fails to re-inspect properties deemed dangerous, a new city audit finds.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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However, after Monday's inadvertent alarm, the office is looking at that policy.—
Sarah Horbacewicz,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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That’s where the irony of the show’s premise ends up sounding like an inadvertent confession.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Go is considered a non-chance, combinatorial game, in which all moves are visible—again like a novel, and also like our universe, which as Einstein famously said, does not play dice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2025
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“Nonpurposive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpurposive. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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