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as in mischievous
engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior
blamed the prank on errant students
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as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
the errant gunslinger as a standard character in western novels
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Recent Examples of errant
In November 2008 an errant air strike, conducted under auspices of a lame-duck Bush administration, killed 37 civilians who were at a wedding party in Wech Baghtu, Afghanistan.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
With the Spurs up by a point, Hart came away with an errant pass by Fox and had a clear path to the basket.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2026
The Raiders kept the momentum firing in the bottom of the inning, cutting the deficit to two after Clements reached on an error, stole second, advanced to third on a groundout and scored after an errant throw following the groundout.
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Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
But just like the errant fan, the performance didn’t seem to faze the Frenchman.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
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Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
With the Spurs up by a point, Hart came away with an errant pass by Fox and had a clear path to the basket.
—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2026
The Raiders kept the momentum firing in the bottom of the inning, cutting the deficit to two after Clements reached on an error, stole second, advanced to third on a groundout and scored after an errant throw following the groundout.
—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
But just like the errant fan, the performance didn’t seem to faze the Frenchman.
—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for errant
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The bride and groom both wore custom Christian Dior looks designed by Jonathan Anderson, who’s known for elaborate, mischievous designs.
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Months after Scary Movie's release, Abrahams starred as the mischievous Denny Byrnes in Meet the Parents (2000).
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The future goalkeeper had, however, been conditioned by his nomadic family upbringing.
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Later, it was used to describe the sites created by nomadic groups like the Romani people.
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Has Greta eaten or chewed on anything naughty?
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The play was naughty stuff in 1925, when the show, starring Tallulah Bankhead, got banned.
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Dinners take place in traditional nomad tents around the communal fire pit, and range from steaming hot pots with yak meat, mushrooms and tofu to haute-Tibetan tasting menus with wild vegetables in corn foam, tsampa grissini, and lamb shoulder with yak yogurt glaze and salsa verde.
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New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks.
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That if you were deemed, as an enslaved person, if you were deemed troublesome or in some way unwanted, you would literally be sold down the river from the more northern states to the deeper south where you would potentially be treated even worse.
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Offer Real Value, Not Leftovers Most product bundles fail not because the idea is bad but because the execution misses what consumers actually want.
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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