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Recent Examples of scattershot
Instead of a scattershot approach, a focused strategy based on solid data helps pinpoint which health-forward items resonate most with shoppers.
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Elie Y. Katz, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The oversight is scattershot, too, as the federal government is barely involved.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
That left Democrats as less-than-unified in their general messaging and again looking to voters like a scattershot collection of grievances rather than anything approaching a party with a central spine.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
Though the effort has so far been scattershot, immigration officials seem to be ignoring immigrants who have been denied bond and instead focusing on those released after being charged with a crime.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
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Elie Y. Katz, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The oversight is scattershot, too, as the federal government is barely involved.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
That left Democrats as less-than-unified in their general messaging and again looking to voters like a scattershot collection of grievances rather than anything approaching a party with a central spine.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
Though the effort has so far been scattershot, immigration officials seem to be ignoring immigrants who have been denied bond and instead focusing on those released after being charged with a crime.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scattershot
Adjective
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The mass arrests and roundups thus far have been so haphazard that there is a very real likelihood that innocent individuals have also been swept up and deported.—
Nisha Whitehead,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2025
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But swirling around it are immigration restrictions, headlong and haphazard reductions in Federal spending and a separate but related confidence shock weighing on consumer behavior.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Cooper Josephine: This started in [Montreal’s] Lafontaine Park when I was scouted by a random person with a clipboard.—
James Factora,
Them.,
31 Mar. 2025
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And because new keys can be made only through random mutation, the odds of obtaining all the right ones are very slim.—
Ron Barrett,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That cinematic touch isn’t incidental: FUS is clearly aiming at an sonic version of an IMAX blockbuster.—
Michaelangelo Matos,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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The district judge said the biological opinion and incidental take statement did not comply with the Endangered Species Act and another law known as the Administrative Procedure Act.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Mar. 2025
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The coroner’s office ruled the deaths accidental due to blunt force trauma.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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Registrar Lock And Auto-Renewal Immediately enable registrar lock and auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration or unauthorized domain transfers.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Last season, Jackson went under center on just five drop-backs, while the Ravens’ primary ball-carriers had just 24 carries in non-shotgun looks.—
Jonas Shaffer,
baltimoresun.com,
3 June 2021
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In 2019, in non-shotgun formations, Jackson had 19 drop-backs and combined with Ravens running backs for 27 carries, according to Sports Info Solutions.—
Jonas Shaffer,
baltimoresun.com,
3 June 2021
Adjective
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The White House has dismissed the episode as a minor mistake and top congressional Republicans seemed ready to chalk it up as an inadvertent mix-up, but Democrats were in no mood to do so.—
Carl Hulse,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Apparently, an inadvertent phone number made it onto that thread.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Mad About the Boy, an adaptation of the slapdash third novel that starts streaming on Peacock on February 13, keeps the trope-laden structure, but finds surprising depth in a devastating plot twist.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 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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During her active years with WWE, which spanned from 2006 to her initial departure in 2012 and included subsequent sporadic returns for special appearances, Kelly Kelly achieved a significant milestone by capturing the WWE Divas Championship.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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These societies could survive without the sporadic acquisition of meat, anthropologists note.—
Amanda Ruggeri,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Scattershot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scattershot. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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