hit or miss
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For some traded instruments, buying when a golden cross appears, or selling when its opposite — a “death cross” — appears can be hit or miss.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Murphy’s over-the-top style makes his shows very hit or miss.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Overseas acquisitions, however, can be hit or miss.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
Edmunds’ touch on his passes was hit or miss Saturday — Huntington Beach scoring the third-fewest points in pool play — but his power behind every throw kept the Oilers in every contest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
There's always a temp agency or consulting firm that can farm out someone, but it's hit or miss with temp hires, who typically don't really care.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
Under Walt, Disney built a mechanism to stabilize itself against the hit-or-miss business model of theatrical film releases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Cal agrees, saying the sketches have been in "hit-or-miss territory" - but "we're in year 51 of the US version and it's still like that".
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
The plot's busy, the visual effects hit-or-miss and its villains are neither potent nor memorable.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2024
The Monteros began holding pop-up plant markets in March 2022, which they said were hit-or-miss but provided valuable lessons about what it takes to run a small business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
Anyway, just like any potential new friendship, the relationships born from the Last Friend app can be pretty hit-or-miss.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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