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Recent Examples of scattershot
Amorim once expressed exasperation at his finishing, which could generously be characterised as scattershot.
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Given the confusing setup and the judges sitting in a makeshift hockey rink mere feet from the chefs’ workstations, the final dishes’ success rate is predictably scattershot.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
Projected top relievers Díaz’s stuff does not require pinpoint command, but he was too often scattershot with his fastball and slider in 2024.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Instead of a scattershot approach, a focused strategy based on solid data helps pinpoint which health-forward items resonate most with shoppers.
—Elie Y. Katz, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Given the confusing setup and the judges sitting in a makeshift hockey rink mere feet from the chefs’ workstations, the final dishes’ success rate is predictably scattershot.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
Projected top relievers Díaz’s stuff does not require pinpoint command, but he was too often scattershot with his fastball and slider in 2024.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Instead of a scattershot approach, a focused strategy based on solid data helps pinpoint which health-forward items resonate most with shoppers.
—Elie Y. Katz, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scattershot
Adjective
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In lieu of federal regulation, there was a haphazard patchwork of state and local laws surrounding certain foods pre-1906.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
1 May 2025
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Others may be haphazard power grabs, or may amount to something more.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Mother Nature is unpredictable, fickle, random at best.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Clean out the dust and refresh thermal paste: Older desktops tend to overheat, which can slow things down or cause random shutdowns.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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Potentially 40% of autopsies can reveal additional information beyond testing conducted in life, though not all of these will be incidental.—
Lauren B. Solberg,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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Within the emerging framework, a government at war could claim that starving enemy combatants remained legal and that as a result, incidental civilian deaths were tragic but nearly unavoidable outcomes of a legitimate method of modern warfare against totalitarian enemies.—
Boyd van Dijk,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Collantes ruled the cut was the result of an accidental headbutt, Suarez’s team is arguing that a punch caused the cut.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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But the real Sylvia and Mort were larger-than-life characters and became accidental celebrities when The Nanny aired.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
12 May 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
Adjective
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This failure for Trump may represent an inadvertent success for America.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Eklund is now recovering from the inadvertent cut during a tune-up game between Sweden and the Czech Republic on Saturday in advance of the IIHF World Championships, which begin later this week with Eklund’s hometown of Stockholm being a co-host.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Mad About the Boy, an adaptation of the slapdash third novel that starts streaming on Peacock on February 13, keeps the trope-laden structure, but finds surprising depth in a devastating plot twist.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The seemingly slapdash document to overhaul the nation’s spending priorities created confusion throughout the federal government.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And while sporadic outbreaks have occurred since 2000, recent case counts are nothing compared with the 27,000 cases reported in 1990 or the 450,000 cases reported in 1964.—
Joe Murphy,
NBC news,
8 May 2025
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Since then, his sporadic public appearances have only fueled more discussion online about his well being.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Scattershot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scattershot. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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