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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
Moments after Palencia hit St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras up and in with an errant 100.5 mph fastball on a 1-2 count, the former Cub wasn’t pleased with the location where he got drilled.
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
The Keep offers five holes that play along the cliffs edge, where errant shots will make their way to the valley below.
—Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
India was hit in the helmet by an errant fastball against the Cleveland Guardians.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
In the mice, the experimental therapy corrected KJ's mutation, replacing the errant A-T base pair with the correct G-C pair in the animals' cells.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
The Keep offers five holes that play along the cliffs edge, where errant shots will make their way to the valley below.
—Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
India was hit in the helmet by an errant fastball against the Cleveland Guardians.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
In the mice, the experimental therapy corrected KJ's mutation, replacing the errant A-T base pair with the correct G-C pair in the animals' cells.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for errant
Adjective
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This mischievous animal has an impressive shoe collection.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
17 July 2025
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The sweet little girl and her mischievous blue alien finally give Hollywood its first billion-dollar movie of 2025, with Lilo & Stitch the only studio film to reach the milestone this year.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
17 July 2025
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The Turco-Mongol emperor Timur Leng, known to the West as Tamerlane, was a monumentally successful nomadic leader, renowned and feared in late-medieval Europe.—
Dorothy Armstrong
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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Start by incorporating one nomadic principle this quarter—implementing asynchronous workflows, hiring globally, or rethinking team work-life integration.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Roger Brown’s 1983 disco painting of a skeleton in a naughty leather cap embodies both extremes.—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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Wonders leads the cast of naughty teens as Ava, who returns to Southport to celebrate the engagement of her best pal.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 July 2025
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Earlier this month, employees at the Environmental Protection Agency, filed their own letter, with even worse results; 140 of them were placed on administrative leave.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 July 2025
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The alternative — keeping him around, highly paid and not played — would have been worse.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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