erratic
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The jobs report has been up and down lately — some economists would say erratic — and it’s hard to find a major improvement in hiring trends.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
The 78-year-old Northern California woman is the third person to die in California during an erratic snake season.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
His erratic messaging on Iran is further diluted by increasingly frequent digressions on his favorite topic: the construction and renovation of buildings.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
“Even as news flow has been erratic, investors are gravitating toward the view that the worst may be over,” Leow said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
At the end of September I started back toward Devon on the jammed, erratic trains of September, 1942.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Vocabulary lists containing erratic
To Kill a Mockingbird
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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