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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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The fantastical final product looks haphazard and far from realistic, but serves as a manifestation of their unattainable desires — which includes whitening their skin and erasing all facial blemishes.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
8 Mar. 2025
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These are professionals at work here, and yet the staging of virtually every kinetic showstopper feels haphazard at best.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The results derived from a random sampling of 1,004 adults aged 18 and over living in all 50 states, based on phone interviews, with a margin of error plus or minus four percent and with a 95 percent confidence level.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Webroot can securely erase files for you, overwriting them with random data three times, by default.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The wide-zone scheme McDaniel deploys can make for hit-or-miss runs.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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Amazon executives conceded that earlier versions of Alexa offered a hit-or-miss experience.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Oh, the delicious irony of Mr. Only the Ivies Count Lest Your Child Fail to Launch having a daughter who’s in an aimless 19th month of a gap year between high school and college.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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The aimless adventure of a young kid crisscrossing the city at all hours of the day and night resonated deeply with me as an adolescent.—
Juliana Barbassa,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But the Academy really didn’t go for Revolutionary Road, which received a Supporting Actor nod for Michael Shannon (back row, 11th from right) and desultory nominations for Art Direction and Costume Design but nothing for Winslet or her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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But by the early 1970s, he was ravaged by drug addiction, kicking off a cycle of spirals and comebacks and sporadic, desultory live appearances.—
Rob Tannenbaum,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Eversource is asking the court to overturn a 2023 PURA decision that the company claims was based on an arbitrary application of regulatory law and intended to reach a pre-determined decision to slash its rates.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2025
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Many of those firings have prompted lawsuits parallel to Dellinger’s that challenge the legality of Trump bypassing language in statutes, including provisions that protect employees at independent agencies from politicized or arbitrary firings.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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On the night of Feb. 22, a 36-year-old mother of two was killed in the back yard of her home when a stray bullet hit her.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2025
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Also, living in groups might play a role as there are more feral cat colonies in the U.S. than packs of stray dogs.—
Kff Health News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 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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“Hit-and-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-and-miss. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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