as in volatile
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
unpredictable spring weather that makes it really hard to know what to wear
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Recent Examples of unpredictable
The Best Actress race has been an unpredictable one all season, with the winner truly anyone’s guess, though Madison won the BAFTA for Best Actress earlier in February.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025
The Oscars are this weekend, bringing to a close one of the most unpredictable awards seasons in recent memory.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Inspired by the euphoric highs and unpredictable chaos of real-life festivals, SAINt set out to craft a project that feels just as immersive as the events that shaped it.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2025
While beneficial, these technologies add complexity to network management, particularly in areas such as traffic routing, policy enforcement, and handling the unpredictable workloads generated by AI.
—Serge Lucio, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025
The Oscars are this weekend, bringing to a close one of the most unpredictable awards seasons in recent memory.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Inspired by the euphoric highs and unpredictable chaos of real-life festivals, SAINt set out to craft a project that feels just as immersive as the events that shaped it.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2025
While beneficial, these technologies add complexity to network management, particularly in areas such as traffic routing, policy enforcement, and handling the unpredictable workloads generated by AI.
—Serge Lucio, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpredictable
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Hence, despite its extremely high valuation, the stock appears attractive but volatile, which supports our conclusion that AVGO is a tricky stock to buy.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Wall Street ultimately found the business too volatile and debt-heavy to get fully behind the stock.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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Hers is the kind of face that inspires directors to tight framing — gleaming, as if smoothed from marble, and yet somehow pliant, changeful.—
Jordan Kisner Jack Davison,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2022
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Rigorous, blustery winter; winding sleety spring; hot, moist enervating summer; changeful autumn with its dog-days; these are absolutely unknown.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Jan. 2023
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On the flip side, the cushy, rocker-bottom shoe that makes your miles feel oh-so-smooth can leave you wobbly and unstable in the weight room.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
11 Mar. 2025
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Our dependence on oil puts countless service members’ lives at risk and reinforces our reliance on a volatile and unstable global market with the potential to devastate the U.S. economy.—
James Brock,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Unpredictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpredictable. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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