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Recent Examples of hit-and-miss
The quality of the ensemble players can be hit-and-miss.
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Nina Metz, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
And there is, of course, uncertainty in partnering with any movie due to the hit-and-miss nature of Hollywood.
—Louis Biscotti, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The rest of the match was hit-and-miss from both players, with Raducanu eventually employing a bit more variety to take advantage of her opponent’s wayward forehand and weak serve.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
Their spending on players has been unprecedented — more than $1 billion in the first three full transfer windows — but hit-and-miss, while the regime is onto its third permanent manager in Mauricio Pochettino.
—Steve Douglas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
Global Strategy Insights Global research conducted for my latest book, Work-Life Bloom, suggests that leaders and organizations are in a 'hit-and-miss' situation regarding strategy and its effectiveness with team members.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
This is fairly hit-and-miss — there are lots of references and hyper online deep cuts.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2024
Some users have reported limited success flashing firmware using Samsung's Odin to avoid losing data to a factory reset, although that seems to be very hit-and-miss.
—Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
Theatrical releases have become pricey hit-and-miss situations, but the streaming results put Wolfs in the win column for Apple, which has signed Watts to script to direct a sequel.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Nina Metz, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
And there is, of course, uncertainty in partnering with any movie due to the hit-and-miss nature of Hollywood.
—Louis Biscotti, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The rest of the match was hit-and-miss from both players, with Raducanu eventually employing a bit more variety to take advantage of her opponent’s wayward forehand and weak serve.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
Their spending on players has been unprecedented — more than $1 billion in the first three full transfer windows — but hit-and-miss, while the regime is onto its third permanent manager in Mauricio Pochettino.
—Steve Douglas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
Global Strategy Insights Global research conducted for my latest book, Work-Life Bloom, suggests that leaders and organizations are in a 'hit-and-miss' situation regarding strategy and its effectiveness with team members.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
This is fairly hit-and-miss — there are lots of references and hyper online deep cuts.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2024
Some users have reported limited success flashing firmware using Samsung's Odin to avoid losing data to a factory reset, although that seems to be very hit-and-miss.
—Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
Theatrical releases have become pricey hit-and-miss situations, but the streaming results put Wolfs in the win column for Apple, which has signed Watts to script to direct a sequel.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-and-miss
Adjective
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But most of those efforts were haphazard, devolved into infighting among Chicanosauruses and didn’t develop into a full-fledged movement.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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Each county conducts the count differently — San Francisco's was reportedly haphazard last year — and relies on volunteers, outreach workers and government employees who often get varying levels of training.—
Shawna Chen,
Axios,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The robot learns in a virtual environment, earning higher scores for better stacking performance with random items.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
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On a random note: Long before those assignments, Chuck was pepper-sprayed covering the disturbances in Miami the morning Elián Gonzalez was whisked away by federal authorities.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Christmas music seems to be hit-or-miss with most people, and opinions on specific songs can vary greatly.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American-Statesman,
18 Dec. 2024
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And that's hard in some places where short-term rentals are a hit-or-miss proposition.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA TODAY,
13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Hotz, a 24-year-old born and raised in Orlando, had been aimless as a kid.—
Brendan I. Koerner,
WIRED,
13 Jan. 2025
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Having a list also saves time by minimizing aimless browsing in stores or online.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Its most striking element is a tall glassy lobby that will provide a grand entrance from the new plaza, but the rest of the building is driven by functional massing that’s been sheathed with a desultory screen of metal and glass.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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Aside from a refreshingly unresolved ending (with a brief appearance from the titular apparatus), The Kissing Booth 3 is a desultory conclusion to a mostly upbeat series.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Right-wing people choosing to pick on LGBTQ folks was almost arbitrary.—
Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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The energy is used not to create goods or services but to solve arbitrary puzzles that sustain speculative networks.—
Eric Solis,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In the past year, for example, there have been reports of the Israeli military desecrating cemeteries in Gaza, as well as corpses left in the streets for stray dogs to scavenge.—
Tyler McBrien,
The Dial,
28 Jan. 2025
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In April, Coleman will oversee a five-film, decade-by-decade tribute to the Facets legacy, roping in some stray critics to introduce films that capture something of the place’s history and cinematic values.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Jan. 2025
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The seemingly slapdash document to overhaul the nation’s spending priorities created confusion throughout the federal government.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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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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“Hit-and-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-and-miss. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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