staggery

Definition of staggerynext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staggery
Adjective
  • Overall, that has led to estimates that there are very likely between 300 million and 10 billion rocky exoplanets that are potentially habitable, and that’s within the Milky Way alone.
    Big Think, Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
  • New Images Sharpen the Picture NASA released Curiosity’s first boxwork photos in June 2025, shortly after the rover reached the rocky ridges.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • But by the time the Trojans had gotten into the pressures of February, the optimism was wavering.
    Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Rarely wavering and never giving up.
    David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Before the war, some Arab interlocutors had been quietly lobbying the White House against such action, in part out of fear that a direct war against Iran would yield an even more unstable and chaotic status quo in Tehran.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
  • This is also where Federations matter, especially when the world feels unstable.
    Audra Berg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Standing 10 yards in front of us on a corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue was a shivering elderly woman who looked lost.
    Richard Greenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • What she’s produced is a searching, pointedly disorienting text, studded with passages of extreme beauty and generous humor, that wears whimsy like a shivering veil over consuming discomfort, even terror.
    Paul McAdory, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lusti and Morrison made their first attempt in 2023 alongside big-mountain skier Tanner McNutt, but avalanches and unsteady snowpack turned the trio back from the summit.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
  • But early last year, the 63-year-old became unsteady on her feet.
    Christine Mai-Duc, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Staggery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staggery. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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