Example Sentences

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But he wrote that "applying the exception casually or promiscuously, as the government's motion to unseal the summary-witness grand jury testimony here invites" would hurt the grand jury system.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

Publicizing it promiscuously can endanger sources and methods.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

There was a time, early in the pandemic, when the scientific orthodoxy held that the coronavirus didn’t mutate much, certainly not as promiscuously as influenza.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2021

I still read promiscuously — across genres, fields and media.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2021

Fiat taxis run the gauntlet, honking promiscuously above Arabic monologs droning from speakers.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro