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Recent Examples of scattershot
Hollywood didn’t entirely know what to do with O’Hara and her scattershot style.
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Jessica Schladebeck, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
From the outside, the company’s expansion might seem scattershot, but the truth is that Juici Patties’ leadership relies on a three-part filter to tell them where the brand’s famed patties will land next.
—Malana Vantyler, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
But their approach has been too scattershot to catch on in an organized way on Capitol Hill and needs to be refined, the second Republican said.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Greenland 2 mostly offers a cluster of scattershot ideas instead of any coherent vision of the postapocalypse.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
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Jessica Schladebeck, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
From the outside, the company’s expansion might seem scattershot, but the truth is that Juici Patties’ leadership relies on a three-part filter to tell them where the brand’s famed patties will land next.
—Malana Vantyler, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
But their approach has been too scattershot to catch on in an organized way on Capitol Hill and needs to be refined, the second Republican said.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Greenland 2 mostly offers a cluster of scattershot ideas instead of any coherent vision of the postapocalypse.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scattershot
Adjective
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During a fiery congressional hearing last month, Democrats excoriated Bondi over haphazard redactions in the Epstein files that exposed intimate details about victims and included nude photographs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Mar. 2026
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During a fiery congressional hearing last month, Democrats excoriated Bondi over haphazard redactions in the Epstein files that exposed intimate details about victims and included nude photographs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Fitzsimmons will still be subject to alcohol checks and random home inspections by probation officers.—
Kristina Rex,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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And then something random comes up and have to pause.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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And in legislative committees and in debate on Wednesday, sponsors of the new requirement didn’t cite evidence of more than scattered cases in which non-citizens may have voted.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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The scattered protests erupted Saturday at universities following 40-day memorials for people killed in January during anti-government rallies.—
Jon Gambrell,
Fortune,
22 Feb. 2026
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The 36-year-old politician’s success with the Latinx voting bloc was more than incidental, a senior advisor to the Talarico campaign, Chuck Rocha, told the Wall Street Journal.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Their sexualization is not incidental to the fantasy.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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Baker said Wednesday the bill’s life sentence provision would not include cases where a reckless or drunken driver caused the accidental death of an officer.—
Marta Zherukha,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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However, prosecutors say Lee’s questions did not accurately describe the bloody scene or his girlfriend’s body, which showed multiple injuries and blunt force trauma that could not be explained by an accidental fall and instead indicated a violent struggle.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Drivers can be fined nearly $5,000 for a single inadvertent drive-time violation, or more than $15,000 for intentional violations.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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Auditors found this wasn’t inadvertent, but an intentional action to make the Transportation Trust Fund deficit appear smaller.—
Steve Arentz,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But Fontecchio has been in and out of the rotation, and Johnson has played only sporadic minutes this season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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Kilauea is among the world’s most active volcanoes, with sporadic flare-ups since December 2024.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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And like plenty of other dads of aimless 18-year-olds, Richard thought his son needed direction.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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As in those sitcoms, our hero is a single, aimless, middle-aged dad.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Scattershot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scattershot. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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