erratic
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With high noise, their paths became erratic and inefficient.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
Climate change is wreaking havoc on agriculture, bringing stronger storms, longer droughts, erratic rainfall and rising temperatures.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
Boyd frequently posted videos of erratic drivers on social media, but he testified at the hearing that he didn’t record them with the tablet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, the 2025 novel “Unfit” by Ariana Harwicz, about a mother losing her children in a custody battle, uses erratic crayon scribbles on its cover.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
During one collaboration, he and Philip Abelson were bedeviled by the erratic performance of an ionization chamber until Abelson noticed that its behavior corresponded to Kamen’s wanderings around the room.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Vocabulary lists containing erratic
To Kill a Mockingbird
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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