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Recent Examples of dicey
Kimbrel struck Raleigh out on the next pitch, but the ninth got even dicier when Kimbrel plunked Jorge Polanco to bring the potential winning run to the plate with one out.
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Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024
Consulting firms face an even dicier future, as the Bain and Mintz raids underscore.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
But the more far-reaching goals of some demonstrators put the movement in dicier territory.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
Tagging a right tackle is a dicier proposition given the tender basically grants left tackle money.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
See All Example Sentences for dicey
Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024
Consulting firms face an even dicier future, as the Bain and Mintz raids underscore.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
But the more far-reaching goals of some demonstrators put the movement in dicier territory.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
Tagging a right tackle is a dicier proposition given the tender basically grants left tackle money.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
See All Example Sentences for dicey
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicey
Adjective
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The challenge is that the hands-on nature of these tasks can lead to unreported problems and unreliable data, exacerbating costly inefficiencies.—
Jairam Ranganathan,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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After the first round of tariffs earlier this month, China’s retaliatory measures included raising duties on certain U.S. energy imports and putting two U.S. companies on an unreliable entities list that could restrict their ability to do business in the Asian country.—
Anniek Bao,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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CEOs’ disdain for Putin’s Russia is anchored in their knowledge that Putin is an untrustworthy dictator who might well nationalize their businesses at a moment’s notice.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian,
TIME,
26 Feb. 2025
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McHenry deemed them untrustworthy, the spokesman said.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But while the stock market is often a fickle friend, as are commodities such as oil and natural gas, wheat and corn, part of what was so shocking in 2022 was the simultaneous slump in government and corporate bonds, which proved as undependable as stocks.—
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CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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Food, water and other resources would have to be shipped from home, at distances that make the supply frighteningly undependable.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The fantastical final product looks haphazard and far from realistic, but serves as a manifestation of their unattainable desires — which includes whitening their skin and erasing all facial blemishes.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
8 Mar. 2025
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These are professionals at work here, and yet the staging of virtually every kinetic showstopper feels haphazard at best.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The results derived from a random sampling of 1,004 adults aged 18 and over living in all 50 states, based on phone interviews, with a margin of error plus or minus four percent and with a 95 percent confidence level.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Webroot can securely erase files for you, overwriting them with random data three times, by default.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The wide-zone scheme McDaniel deploys can make for hit-or-miss runs.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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Amazon executives conceded that earlier versions of Alexa offered a hit-or-miss experience.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicey. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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