waywardness
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For someone with a Ph.D. in Labor Economics, the waywardness of jobs statistics is something he’s familiar with.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
His waywardness finally caught up with him, as he was in the church pews bunker left the fairway on the way to his first bogey of the day.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
Many of them, with vocal techniques built for tonal blend and rhythmic precision in a chorus, favored a straight tone that gleamed like white light but also exposed waywardness in pitch.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022
How, in other words, fear and neglect, rather than the waywardness Vogel rails against, are what really enfeeble the mind.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2022
The other students, particularly the boys, were intimidated by Rahel’s waywardness and almost fierce lack of ambition.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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