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Recent Examples of scattershot
During an Olympic Games plagued by 13- to 16-hour time differences with North America, huge upsets for favorites like tennis star Naomi Osaka, and a raft of viewing options that’s scattershot at best, Snoop’s bit of levity felt like a saving grace.
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Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 6 Aug. 2021
Their efforts failed, with judges across the country condemning their scattershot claims.
—Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2024
The rise of generative AI in the public eye over the last twelve months has been fast and perhaps a little bit scattershot.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
The monologue was more scattershot and less finely crafted than last year’s and the sketches were less uniformly great, but there was still some strong material.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
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Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 6 Aug. 2021
Their efforts failed, with judges across the country condemning their scattershot claims.
—Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2024
The rise of generative AI in the public eye over the last twelve months has been fast and perhaps a little bit scattershot.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
The monologue was more scattershot and less finely crafted than last year’s and the sketches were less uniformly great, but there was still some strong material.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scattershot
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The entire ordeal was put together in a somewhat haphazard way that seemed consistent with her age and experience.Jessie Sage, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2024
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Nunez’s finishing here was like Nunez’s finishing everywhere: deeply, irredeemably haphazard.Jack Lang, The Athletic, 10 July 2024
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For example, sides can be worn out using the Side Distortion tool which creates random holes in the body with Erosion or partially dim text using Blur distortion.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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As a result, Briggs’ dream of a bucolic ranch life has instead been marred by animals found covered in oil, concerns for her groundwater and air quality, and even the looming threat of a random explosion.Evan Simon, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Brown occupies a curious position in the vast industry of college football—both at the center of it and incidental to the massive changes wrought by conference realignment.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
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They were told the migrant crisis wasn’t real — that the problems associated with an unmitigated flow of non-citizens into their towns and cities were anecdotal and incidental.S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Starring Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in the lead role, the film charts Epstein’s life as a gay, Jewish maverick who was instrumental in the Beatles’ rise before his death, of an accidental drug overdose, in 1967.Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 Dec. 2024
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While closely studying the pieces under a microscope, the team concluded that the burning likely occurred quickly after their deaths and was accidental.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
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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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At 6:36 of the first period, Carolina Hurricanes forward Jasper Kotkaniemi went to the penalty box for four minutes after an inadvertent high stick caught Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson in the face.Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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But there are risks: loss of your unique voice, inadvertent errors, and ethical pitfalls, all of which can negatively impact your credibility and relationships.Alexandra Samuel, Harvard Business Review, 9 Dec. 2024
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Was all this slapdash music generation serving in some way to devalue music in my life? Max Vehuni, one half of the indie-pop duo slenderbodies, talked me off that ledge.Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
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All that history means Delta is far from a slapdash app quickly thrown together to take advantage of Apple's new openness to emulation.Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2024
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The friends exchanged sporadic texts over subsequent months but never saw each other in person after that.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Such an approach to celebration helps create a sustainable culture where innovation thrives continuously rather than in sporadic bursts.Alain Hunkins, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Scattershot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scattershot. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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