haphazard
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Analysts speculated that the haphazard way that the Phase 3 results came out may have rattled investors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Crackdowns are haphazard and often spurred by public sentiment.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
As Artie pursues a haphazard path toward better self-understanding, Ms. Strout deploys the fictional strategies that have made her novels feel as if they are about more than ordinary subjects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Buses are infrequent and haphazard, while the subway has only six trundling lines radiating out from the centre, making connections impossible without going all the way in and then all the way out again.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Hazel got his name in as haphazard a way as his life was ever afterward.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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