scattershot
adjective
scat·ter·shot
ˈska-tər-ˌshät 
: broadly and often randomly inclusive : shotgun
scattershot advice
scattershot planning
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There’s something of a profit panic as the company tries to figure out how to make money from its scattershot AI enterprises, while Claude Code and Cowork from Anthropic emerged as the winners for enterprise AI spending.
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Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
Bondi’s scattershot compliance of that law drew outrage from victims.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
His pocket awareness still needs work, though, and the occasional scattershot stretch pops up from time to time.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Amid a scattershot season that has dropped the Miami Heat to the bottom of the play-in pack stands a story at the rare intersection of played out and barely at play.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
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Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
Bondi’s scattershot compliance of that law drew outrage from victims.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
His pocket awareness still needs work, though, and the occasional scattershot stretch pops up from time to time.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Amid a scattershot season that has dropped the Miami Heat to the bottom of the play-in pack stands a story at the rare intersection of played out and barely at play.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Scattershot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scattershot. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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