as in unfailing
not being or likely to be wrong
an unerring taste in interior decoration
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Recent Examples of unerring
Incidentally, a good lead dog has an almost unerring sense of direction.
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Ted Updike, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2025
Stargazers are familiar with half a dozen or so bright meteor showers that return with unerring regularity every year — April's Lyrids, August's Perseids, Decembers's Geminids and others.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The South Korean master’s two most recent features, the sumptuous erotic period piece The Handmaiden and the intricate neo-noir romance Decision to Leave, showed him at the height of his powers, an elevated genre director with unerring control.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Of course, social media, with its unerring ability to optimize our feeds for outrage, has only amplified that tendency.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Ted Updike, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2025
Stargazers are familiar with half a dozen or so bright meteor showers that return with unerring regularity every year — April's Lyrids, August's Perseids, Decembers's Geminids and others.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The South Korean master’s two most recent features, the sumptuous erotic period piece The Handmaiden and the intricate neo-noir romance Decision to Leave, showed him at the height of his powers, an elevated genre director with unerring control.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Of course, social media, with its unerring ability to optimize our feeds for outrage, has only amplified that tendency.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unerring
Adjective
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Developed at the height of the Cold War, GPS was designed by the Pentagon to give US forces an unfailing sense of position anywhere on Earth.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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In a world where trust now comes at a premium, trust in your GenAI strategy starts with trusting the data that fuels it, and the most unfailing data in your business lives in your contracts.—
Monish Darda,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While mobile boarding passes are a convenient and accessible way to have one of your most important travel documents at the ready, technology isn’t infallible.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Supreme Court and its judges are not infallible or above criticism.—
Adriana Carranca,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Also, when your first album is that perfect and that massive, what comes later often seems like a letdown.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2025
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From lightweight fall jackets to cozy two-piece sets that are ready for your next airport adventure—each item is super versatile and perfect for any trip.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Sep. 2025
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Your house and meal don’t need to be flawless to have a memorable evening.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
24 Sep. 2025
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While no system is flawless, cloud storage is generally secure and safer than keeping everything on a single device.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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After all, calculators are more reliable than mental math.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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One route there, of course, is more reliable minutes with offensively gifted players.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Unerring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unerring. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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