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Recent Examples of dicey
But be smart and double-check issues with travel, medicine, the law, publishing and higher education because something is dicey.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
Things looked particularly dicey in the bottom of the fourth.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Snow overnight makes for a dicey commute Monday morning as roads in and around Chicago are covered with ice and snow.
—Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Running back value on the open market can be dicey.
—Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
Things looked particularly dicey in the bottom of the fourth.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Snow overnight makes for a dicey commute Monday morning as roads in and around Chicago are covered with ice and snow.
—Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Running back value on the open market can be dicey.
—Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicey
Adjective
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Consumers are increasingly turning to cyberspace for guidance about health and medicine, yet a growing number of sites offer unreliable information, new research shows.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Renewable energy is neither unreliable nor unaffordable.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In classical Athens the playwright Aristophanes attacked purveyors of knowledge for being intellectually untrustworthy, essentially deceitful.—
Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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On the other hand, some types of sources such as public relations are rated as untrustworthy in general.—
Florian Wintterlin,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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And then there’s Kimberly’s home life, which features an emotionally and physically fragile mom preparing to give birth and an undependable alcoholic father.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
25 Feb. 2026
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Yasmin, who was ousted from Pierpoint after a tabloid scandal involving her publishing-magnate father threatened to sully the bank by association, has turned to another undependable man for salvation, proposing to an aristocratic failson called Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington).—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Rosenior abandoned his haphazard experiment at half-time, bringing on forward Alejandro Garnacho for centre-back Wesley Fofana and reverting to a back four.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Through orchestra, chamber music, and even haphazard improv with friends, music has acted as a bridge to understanding others and continuing to explore and learn with them.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Those aren’t just random stories.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Law enforcement will also have random checkpoints throughout the county to catch impaired drivers, according to the department's website.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Steven Conrad’s particular brand of absurdity and plucky dark humor has been hit-or-miss for me, even as it has been boosted by the strength of Jason Bateman, David Harbour, and Linda Cardellini.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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The coverage of showers and storms looks hit-or-miss.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicey. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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