inconsistency
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He gave up six runs in 5⅓ innings, raising concerns again over his inconsistency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The punishment shows a further inconsistency with the treatment of United States forward Folarin Balogun.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The detective noted the inconsistency, which Bušić attributed to not sleeping for “four or five days.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
He explains this glaring inconsistency, sort of, by differentiating between active and passive real-estate investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Most young Soviet women found themselves struggling against the inconsistency of the Communist Party’s approach to gender equality.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
But new allegations and inconsistencies continued to surface.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Once clouds were included, the strange inconsistencies disappeared.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
Social media is also pointing out the list’s inconsistencies.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
The sacking of Dadan Hindayana, an entomologist, comes a week after Indonesia's corruption watchdog filed a complaint alleging inconsistencies in budgeting across kitchens.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Determining internal inconsistencies such as these is one of the minor pleasures of numeracy.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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