sporadic
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Chinese labs release new and improved models every few months, so researchers can count on the family they’ve invested in staying current—while American open releases have been sporadic, often arriving once and going quiet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Market breadth has been sporadic and was negative on Aug. 5 when SPX reached its highest-ever intraday point so far.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
There is little data on the extent of the fraud cases, because reporting is so sporadic and scattered across dozens of agencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Residents at the time reported sporadic outages after the troops left.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
A few wind- whipped and decrepit Victorian mansions, remnants of a lost era of seagoing optimism, loomed out of the snowfall on the town’s sporadic hills.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Vocabulary lists containing sporadic
Grade 9, List 1
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The Great Gatsby
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"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 1
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