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Recent Examples of scattershot
Read: How the passionate male friendship died Friendship doesn’t really pursue any answers to those questions, and the film is too slight and scattershot to be able to offer illuminating insights.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
What an ambitious, messy, appropriately scattershot season, one giant ode to itself that welcomed the return of the Lonely Island and extended residencies from legendary cast members Maya Rudolph, Dana Carvey, and Mike Myers.
—Andy Hoglund Updated, EW.com, 18 May 2025
Lucy’s journey takes too many cynical turns to be satisfying, and the film’s ideas are too scattershot to be convincing.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
Ohtani, pitching in the big leagues for the first time in 22 months, reached 100.2 mph in a somewhat scattershot top of the first; San Diego nicked him for a run, taking advantage of a pair of singles, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly off the bat of third baseman Manny Machado.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
What an ambitious, messy, appropriately scattershot season, one giant ode to itself that welcomed the return of the Lonely Island and extended residencies from legendary cast members Maya Rudolph, Dana Carvey, and Mike Myers.
—Andy Hoglund Updated, EW.com, 18 May 2025
Lucy’s journey takes too many cynical turns to be satisfying, and the film’s ideas are too scattershot to be convincing.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
Ohtani, pitching in the big leagues for the first time in 22 months, reached 100.2 mph in a somewhat scattershot top of the first; San Diego nicked him for a run, taking advantage of a pair of singles, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly off the bat of third baseman Manny Machado.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scattershot
Adjective
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But the study said many students, parents and school officials felt the roll-out of the policy was haphazard and that enforcement has been inconsistent.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
24 July 2025
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Economists and trade researchers say the haphazard nature of the trade war is compounding the longer-term pressure on US manufacturing.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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In case of doubt, competent authorities may carry out random on-site inspections of cybersecurity standards in the companies, for which the management can be held liable.—
Dennis-Kenji Kipker,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The Chinese scientist used the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR, which allows scientists to make very precise changes in DNA much more easily than ever before but can cause potentially dangerous random mutations.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Work requirements will make fraudulent enrollment, whether deliberate or incidental, even harder to sustain.—
Jeremy Nighohossian,
Boston Herald,
3 Aug. 2025
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But the two are easy to conflate and can have some incidental overlap, which can be politically useful.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Their cause and manner of death were determined to be accidental drowning.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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According to some social media users, the latest episode of the Emmy-winning HBO period drama debuted on streamer HBO Max with an accidental language swap that automatically played the episode in Spanish despite being on the English-language setting.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Last season, Jackson went under center on just five drop-backs, while the Ravens’ primary ball-carriers had just 24 carries in non-shotgun looks.—
Jonas Shaffer,
baltimoresun.com,
3 June 2021
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In 2019, in non-shotgun formations, Jackson had 19 drop-backs and combined with Ravens running backs for 27 carries, according to Sports Info Solutions.—
Jonas Shaffer,
baltimoresun.com,
3 June 2021
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The homeowners, meanwhile, are locked in a separate case with Ocean over what Peck said was an inadvertent naming error in filing the 2017 assignment of rights.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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How Students Are Gaming The System Students have become inadvertent experts at understanding how language shapes AI responses.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
Adjective
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The lead-up to Thursday fit the slapdash nature of Trump’s tariffs, which have been rolled out, walked back, delayed, increased, imposed by letter and renegotiated.—
Josh Boak,
Twin Cities,
7 Aug. 2025
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On a whim, Joe decides to oppose him, and recruits his fellow officers, Guy (Luke Grimes) and Michael (Micheal Ward), to help him with his admittedly slapdash campaign.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
19 May 2025
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Following sporadic touring upon their most recent reformation, The Jesus Lizard increased their live appearances last year, with the group having already completed tours of the U.S., U.K. and Europe in 2025.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
5 Aug. 2025
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Today's threats can no longer be managed with static cameras and sporadic patrols.—
Freddy Kuo,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Scattershot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scattershot. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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