erratic
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The planet's water cycle is becoming increasingly erratic, swinging between too little and too much, the United Nations warned Thursday, with an unprecedented El Nino expected to exacerbate the long-term trend.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The agents were not specifically told to hack others on OpenAI’s behalf, but the agents had been incentivized to hack other systems during in-house development, and they were being informed by erratic LLMs.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
The only English population of the narrow-headed ant lives in the trust's Chudleigh Knighton Heath nature reserve and the nationally scarce erratic ant was recently discovered at the charity's Bovey Heathfield nature reserve.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Djokovic’s game grew erratic as his body faltered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
His personnel file painted the picture of a CIA agent who was deeply knowledgeable about the KGB but also careless, clumsy, and erratic.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing erratic
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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