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Recent Examples of unpredictability
The unpredictability of today’s most advanced foundation models is a feature.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
From his very first critique, Flav shifted the unpredictability meter to the max.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
The two movies are fascinating to watch in tandem as a meditation on the unpredictability of making it in the arts—including Linklater’s own path, which has taken him on a strange, winding journey in and out of the mainstream.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
To top off the league of unpredictability, Manchester United are in the top half and unbeaten in four.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
But what about a weekend fitness routine that is better than the unpredictability and potentially higher risk of participating in sporting events.
—Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
There’s a certain unpredictability and fleet-footedness required to play this budding outlaw, and the actor can’t convey any excitement in the part.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
But that unpredictability lends itself to a truly immersive experience.
—Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Rescuers say the hikers’ lack of preparedness serves as an important reminder of the dangers and unpredictability that can arise in the backcountry.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
From his very first critique, Flav shifted the unpredictability meter to the max.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
The two movies are fascinating to watch in tandem as a meditation on the unpredictability of making it in the arts—including Linklater’s own path, which has taken him on a strange, winding journey in and out of the mainstream.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
To top off the league of unpredictability, Manchester United are in the top half and unbeaten in four.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
But what about a weekend fitness routine that is better than the unpredictability and potentially higher risk of participating in sporting events.
—Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
There’s a certain unpredictability and fleet-footedness required to play this budding outlaw, and the actor can’t convey any excitement in the part.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
But that unpredictability lends itself to a truly immersive experience.
—Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Rescuers say the hikers’ lack of preparedness serves as an important reminder of the dangers and unpredictability that can arise in the backcountry.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpredictability
Noun
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The president’s bombast and capriciousness have led many European countries to increase their defense spending—a positive outcome, to be sure, and not inherently at odds with the notion of a unified, geopolitical West.—
Stewart Patrick,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Sep. 2025
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Fergus McCaffrey Jacobs’ collaboration with the capriciousness of nature is also rooted in the geometry of aeronautical navigation.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some viewers find her impulsiveness more irritating than endearing.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Farrell’s Sonny Crockett is a brooding, messy, temperamental cop whose impulsiveness and (ahem) intensity is balanced by his mopey vulnerability.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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The same goes for Lanthimos’ ability to draw performances out of actors that suggest a freedom to indulge in eccentricity, the stranger the better.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Rhoden and her colleagues studied how the eccentricity could have changed to recreate what is seen at Mimas today.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While volatility has picked up on Wall Street, a drawdown in the S&P 500 would present a buying opportunity for long-term investors, according to Wren at Wells Fargo Investment Institute.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Besides the fragility of household budgets, these persistent financial pressures reveal the critical role that financial knowledge plays in helping individuals adapt, plan, and protect themselves against volatility.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In Adjaye’s work, those colors, that moodiness, are part of a full-body physical experience.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
3 Nov. 2025
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Our silky sateen Violet Gem Sheet Set brings just the right amount of moodiness to your primary or guest bedroom.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Unpredictability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpredictability. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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