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Recent Examples of dicey
Add Amazon to the mix, and things can get even dicier.
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Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2025
Even near-term forecasts can be dicey.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Social Security is a dicey issue on Capitol Hill as lawmakers want to solve the federal program's insolvency crisis but don't want to upset their constituents who benefit from it.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
Things also got dicey at KTLA itself, when the station found itself within the evacuation warning zone during the Runyon fire.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2025
Even near-term forecasts can be dicey.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Social Security is a dicey issue on Capitol Hill as lawmakers want to solve the federal program's insolvency crisis but don't want to upset their constituents who benefit from it.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
Things also got dicey at KTLA itself, when the station found itself within the evacuation warning zone during the Runyon fire.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicey
Adjective
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This approach is unreliable because the proxy materials, like volcanic rock, might have been changed by geological processes or created long after the eggs were laid, resulting in incorrect age estimates.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Everyone knew taxis were an unreliable and largely unlovable service.—
David Malcolm,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Women are greedy, untrustworthy, weak and inferior, these influencers say.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Trump is pressuring Powell to cut interest rates in hopes of lowering borrowing costs, and his allies have highlighted cost overruns to suggest that Powell is untrustworthy or should be removed from his position.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But while the stock market is often a fickle friend, as are commodities such as oil and natural gas, wheat and corn, part of what was so shocking in 2022 was the simultaneous slump in government and corporate bonds, which proved as undependable as stocks.—
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CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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Food, water and other resources would have to be shipped from home, at distances that make the supply frighteningly undependable.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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In this instance, Winston, after his mutation, is looking clean house on Bob Garbinger (Kevin Bacon), a corrupt businessman whose haphazard ways led to his terminal illness and skirts treating him for it.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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But the study said many students, parents and school officials felt the roll-out of the policy was haphazard and that enforcement has been inconsistent.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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The agreement says Campbell’s campaign was selected for audit at a random drawing in 2023.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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The second verse is no less random, with lyrics about moonwalking on a UFO, dropping bars while brushing teeth and a shout out to legendary 2001 blaxploitation-adjacent comedy Pootie Tang.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Vacation rentals can be a hit-or-miss proposition.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Another wave of steamy summertime heat and hit-or-miss storms is on the way to the Kansas City area, according to the National Weather Service.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicey. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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