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erratically

[ih-rat-ik-lee] / ɪˈræt ɪk li /
ADVERB
intermittently
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Bruce also told the trial her daughter had been acting "erratically" on the day of her death.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

“Markets can gyrate and change their opinions regularly, erratically, and are often quite wrong,” said Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of global fixed income, in emailed comments Friday.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026

Nick Reiner, who lived in a guest property at his parents' home, had attended comedian Conan O'Brien's glitzy party on Saturday, December 13 with his parents, where some attendees reportedly spoke of his behaving erratically.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

This included during the onset of the pandemic, an erratically unfolding and socially fracturing catastrophe about which, naturally, Erikson had lots to say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Then a Dancing Trout pickup chugged erratically past Forest Service headquarters and stopped in the middle of the plaza area.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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