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as in mischievous
engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior
blamed the prank on errant students
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as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
the errant gunslinger as a standard character in western novels
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Recent Examples of errant
Last summer, Northmoor was cited by the city for creating a public nuisance because of the errant golf balls, and began looking into ways to address the issue.
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Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
The vegetation—fire fuel—will grow back, fire season will keep lengthening into wind season, and the combination of drought and wind will nurse an errant spark.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2025
The errant email came as millions of federal employees were presented with an offer to take early retirement last week.
—William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
An errant hammer throw killed a spectator at a Colorado track and field meet.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
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Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
The vegetation—fire fuel—will grow back, fire season will keep lengthening into wind season, and the combination of drought and wind will nurse an errant spark.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2025
The errant email came as millions of federal employees were presented with an offer to take early retirement last week.
—William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
An errant hammer throw killed a spectator at a Colorado track and field meet.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for errant
Adjective
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Today the answer to such a question would be merely one data point among many where mischievous and politicized enforcement appears to rule the day.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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This type of behavior isn't unusual for the mischievous pair.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sites like Moundville and Cahokia challenge misconceptions that all Native American groups were nomadic.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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There is nothing glaringly stupid like so much of Season 2, and the idyllic Maine setting is a much better fit for our nomadic protagonist.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The actress turned what would have been a totally conservative outfit into something really naughty while promoting her new movie Duplicity in the Big Apple.—
Robyn Merrett,
StyleCaster,
19 Mar. 2025
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Believe it or not, between sipping delicious eggnog and hot cocoa and enjoying the joy of Yuletide with family and friends, there are still naughty killjoys afoot during Christmastime — the worst of which appear in some of the best holiday films.—
Mike Miller,
People.com,
19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Jack: This is just a bad team that has occasionally had good days.—
The View from the Lane,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Since Trump’s Wednesday announcement, the stock market plummeted to its worst position since March 2020.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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