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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
Never committing to any one character’s point of view, Balagov and Stepnova’s script freewheels in meandering but mostly disarming fashion between these strands, with an errant storytelling rhythm aptly reflective of lives that are at once static and in perpetually unproductive motion.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 May 2026
Left unchecked, this lint can slowly snowball, to the point where an errant spark could lead to a serious conflagration inside the vent.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
Left unchecked, this lint can slowly snowball, to the point where an errant spark could lead to a serious conflagration inside the vent.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026
Beale roped a double to right for the lead, then scored a 7-5 lead by stealing third and advancing home on an errant throw.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 May 2026
Left unchecked, this lint can slowly snowball, to the point where an errant spark could lead to a serious conflagration inside the vent.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
Left unchecked, this lint can slowly snowball, to the point where an errant spark could lead to a serious conflagration inside the vent.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026
Beale roped a double to right for the lead, then scored a 7-5 lead by stealing third and advancing home on an errant throw.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for errant
Adjective
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Like tapping into that mischievous kid in me.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
18 May 2026
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There on the screen, staring back at me, are two gigantic black eyes and a mischievous smile stitched on a massive, crocheted head — features of the mysterious, endlessly cheeky mask that has become Chuyin’s signature.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2026
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The former allows for regular travel, while the larger width variant provides a roomier layout that would probably be a better choice unless a nomadic lifestyle is important to the owner.—
Adam Williams
May 17,
New Atlas,
17 May 2026
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And so then also, guests are able to walk with nomadic herders, like across the land with camels or with or with cows and to like, learn about this ancient practice.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The play was naughty stuff in 1925, when the show, starring Tallulah Bankhead, got banned.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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But theatergoers around me couldn’t seem to get enough, no matter how repetitive the naughty humor became.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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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.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks.—
Katharina Kotrba,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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West Ham showed themselves to be a bad team, less than the sum of their parts and wholly ill-equipped for the challenge in front of them.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Each reiteration and exaggeration of Mary’s bad behavior is another civic stroke of the chisel that perfects the monumental Lincoln in our collective imagination.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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