streaky
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That means that while small-caps have had a good run of late, investors shouldn’t count on a marathon: “History clearly shows that positive relative returns in this space are streaky, not structural,” Colas concludes.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
Layton strives to capture L.A. and he gets parts of it right: the side streets and strip malls and streaky headlights at night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
Coco Gauff held firm against a streaky Dayana Yastremska to secure her place in the French Open fourth round.
From BBC ● May 31, 2024
Risacher, who was born in Spain and grew up in France, is known as a dynamic, albeit streaky shooter for JL Bourg, whether he’s popping off screens or pulling up for 3-pointers.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024
“Everything is spotty and streaky, Daisy. They can’t even wash dishes right no more.”
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
Smith, the Trojans’ third-leading scorer, has been even streakier at 35%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2026
Indeed, random data are streakier than folks suppose.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023
The same couldn’t quite be said of streakier Burakovsky, signed from the defending Cup champion Avalanche to a five-year, $27.5 million deal.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
On recent form this would be a home banker, but these are two of the division’s streakier sides.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 28, 2019
The mental part of the game has made him a streakier player than most, if not all, of his competitors.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2010
The visiting St. Louis Blues are among the streakiest teams in NHL history; either winning or losing with impunity.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
One is the league’s best team, by record, the other perhaps its streakiest, by the eye test.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
Baseball is a streaky sport — maybe the streakiest.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
But Burakovsky, the Capitals’ streakiest scorer, finally found the back of the net against Fleury in Game 5, and he injected speed into Washington’s top line.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2017
The Angels will gamble on a good streak from one of the streakiest hitters in baseball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2014
