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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
Their brother, Bill, steals the film as an unstable groundskeeper who is tasked with killing an errant gopher.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
With two runners on base, a Grand Terrace player hit into a possible double play, but the Laguna Beach second baseman made an errant throw to first, which would have scored a run.
—Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Both times, one errant shot led to a big number and ended his hopes.
—ABC News, 26 May 2026
Kell left fielder Preston Bottoms followed with an RBI single of his own, and Burrus scored on the next at-bat on an errant throw from North Oconee catcher Landyn Dykes.
—Jack Leo, AJC.com, 24 May 2026
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
With two runners on base, a Grand Terrace player hit into a possible double play, but the Laguna Beach second baseman made an errant throw to first, which would have scored a run.
—Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Both times, one errant shot led to a big number and ended his hopes.
—ABC News, 26 May 2026
Kell left fielder Preston Bottoms followed with an RBI single of his own, and Burrus scored on the next at-bat on an errant throw from North Oconee catcher Landyn Dykes.
—Jack Leo, AJC.com, 24 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for errant
Adjective
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His mustache is graying, but his eyes remain mischievous.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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On May 27, Netflix announced that Willa Dunn will take on the role of Nellie Oleson — Laura Ingalls’ mischievous, pot-stirring classmate — in the forthcoming Little House on the Prairie revival.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Other properties have pivoted into the nomadic working market.—
Melanie Swan,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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The nomadic series rotates to new private spaces each time and keeps its highly seasonal menus completely blind until guests sit down to eat.—
Sam Flemming,
AJC.com,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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The play was naughty stuff in 1925, when the show, starring Tallulah Bankhead, got banned.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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But theatergoers around me couldn’t seem to get enough, no matter how repetitive the naughty humor became.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Dinners take place in traditional nomad tents around the communal fire pit, and range from steaming hot pots with yak meat, mushrooms and tofu to haute-Tibetan tasting menus with wild vegetables in corn foam, tsampa grissini, and lamb shoulder with yak yogurt glaze and salsa verde.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks.—
Katharina Kotrba,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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But that’s made even worse by the fact that a significant portion of these observational studies did not even have a comparison group.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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The views over the city aren’t bad either.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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