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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
Nearly 40% of the state is in drought, and with the state’s Santa Ana and Diablo winds set to pick up in the coming weeks, any errant spark threatens to race across a landscape ready to ignite.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Carr, who was just recently named the starter after a close training camp battle with Kenny Minchey, completed 19 of 30 passes for 221 yards, threw two touchdowns and had one interception on an errant throw early in the fourth quarter.
—Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Heriberto Hernandez added an RBI single in the fourth, and Javier Sanoja scored from second in the fifth when Xavier Edwards hit an infield single and third baseman Brett Baty made an errant throw to second baseman Jeff McNeil, who was covering first.
—Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Shrill treble joins the errant bass, making everything sound muddy and indistinct.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Carr, who was just recently named the starter after a close training camp battle with Kenny Minchey, completed 19 of 30 passes for 221 yards, threw two touchdowns and had one interception on an errant throw early in the fourth quarter.
—Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Heriberto Hernandez added an RBI single in the fourth, and Javier Sanoja scored from second in the fifth when Xavier Edwards hit an infield single and third baseman Brett Baty made an errant throw to second baseman Jeff McNeil, who was covering first.
—Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Shrill treble joins the errant bass, making everything sound muddy and indistinct.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for errant
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Tengbjerg, a fifty-one-year-old former pro soccer player from Denmark, is fit and trim, with a mischievous, no-nonsense brusqueness not generally associated with massage therapists.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude is run by the virulent and mischievous Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin).—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
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Mongolia’s vast steppes and nomadic heritage have long shaped the rhythms of life.—
Munkhtuya Rentsenbat,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sami herders are descended from a once-nomadic people scattered across a region spanning the far north of Sweden, Norway, Finland and the northwestern corner of Russia.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Park Station is now open on the island a few blocks from the beach, serving suds, live music and kind-of-naughty comfort food.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Now, the hit show is getting a naughty makeover as a musical.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The latter will be used for the likes of Bitcoin developers or nomad Bitcoin enthusiast couples who come to Japan for an extended stay.—
Frank Corva,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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But that’s actually a bad thing for a couple reasons.—
Jeff Fedotin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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But worse than the poverty was the verbal and physical abuse from his father.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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