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Recent Examples of inconsistently
The Times argues that the Pentagon has applied its own rules inconsistently.
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Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The Times argues that the Pentagon has applied its own rules inconsistently.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
If companies rush verification tools or apply them inconsistently, public trust could erode even faster.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026
One, officials don’t believe inconsistently short pants look good in a team sport.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
In winter especially—when they might be left out in cold kitchens and cabinets—hot water can cause ceramics to expand inconsistently, resulting in unwelcome cracks.
—Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 21 Feb. 2026
The South Fulton Police Department applies discipline practices and promotion policies inconsistently, leading to widespread perceptions of disparate treatment among its ranks, according to an independent review launched after two former officers filed lawsuits against the city and former chief.
—Reed Williams, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Scores are low because a higher proportion of children live in deep poverty, experience housing instability or homelessness, are learning English, or are attending school inconsistently — and because a significant share of higher-income students is not in the testing pool at all.
—Jill Stegman, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
The lawsuit argued that law has been applied inconsistently.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The Times argues that the Pentagon has applied its own rules inconsistently.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
If companies rush verification tools or apply them inconsistently, public trust could erode even faster.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026
One, officials don’t believe inconsistently short pants look good in a team sport.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
In winter especially—when they might be left out in cold kitchens and cabinets—hot water can cause ceramics to expand inconsistently, resulting in unwelcome cracks.
—Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 21 Feb. 2026
The South Fulton Police Department applies discipline practices and promotion policies inconsistently, leading to widespread perceptions of disparate treatment among its ranks, according to an independent review launched after two former officers filed lawsuits against the city and former chief.
—Reed Williams, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Scores are low because a higher proportion of children live in deep poverty, experience housing instability or homelessness, are learning English, or are attending school inconsistently — and because a significant share of higher-income students is not in the testing pool at all.
—Jill Stegman, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
The lawsuit argued that law has been applied inconsistently.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsistently
Adverb
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Critters crawl out from their winter hidey holes to set up camp in your yard (and sometimes your walls).—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Life for a child should be a time of wonder and discovery, but children with cancer are sometimes robbed of those wonders.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Always water deeply but infrequently.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Jeff Boyes, then a 14-year veteran of the department, was a SWAT team member, which was sent on calls infrequently.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Congress rarely manages to assemble bipartisan housing legislation of any real ambition, which makes the Senate’s recent passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act a remarkable feat.—
Brad Hargreaves,
Washington Post,
7 Apr. 2026
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New technologies rarely eliminate their predecessors outright.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The other cost-slashing option that is seldom practiced is the simulcast in which the radio network broadcasts the TV announcers, a path the Dallas Stars have preferred for decades.—
Mac Engel
April 2,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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While cold temperatures impact foliage, the rhizomes are seldom damaged and new growth will emerge in spring.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Odd pieces that are too small or irregularly shaped to cut into sashimi can be easily minced for spicy poke.—
Stella Fong,
Outside,
10 Mar. 2026
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Currently, Yellowstone’s geyser watch notes that Echinus is continuing to erupt irregularly and that each eruption lasts for 3 to 5 minutes and reaches around 30 feet in height.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Inconsistently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsistently. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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