spotty
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His location has been spotty — or right down the middle, and as he showed and told Thursday: “I was throwing my fastball right in the middle. When you miss in the middle, you pay.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Simon measured the length of their fourth feather, which tells their age, and from the colour of their feathers, if they are spotty they are females and the non-spotty ones are males," she added.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Many detention facilities reportedly suffer from overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and spotty access to healthcare.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
Internet and phone service were spotty, and over such a long time even siblings can run out of things to say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Both sails luffed in the night breeze, which was still light and spotty because of the surrounding hills.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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While alternative data on jobs was ubiquitous, price information was far spottier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
The record is a little spottier when voters were asked directly to choose which specific candidate would better handle the economy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Tide gauges are much spottier in the north, leading to missed predictions of storm surges, Way says.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 8, 2023
But the play of the veterans at guard and center has been spottier.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
The officials who run the tournament have a spottier record when it comes to solidarity.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2022
According to Moyn, Popper's critique of Hegel and Marx "relied on the spottiest possible knowledge of their works."
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2023
Susan Shaffer, a volunteer in the Presidio's immigration room, found that most children being processed were accompanied by only the spottiest documentation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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