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scatter-gun

British  

noun

  1. a shotgun

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But Netflix’s scatter-gun approach – whether you are in the mood for Christmas, crying or cruises, it has a romcom for you – feels cynical and crude.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2018

If we consider the scatter-gun nature of the seeming satire that Charlie Hebdo dispensed we can see quite clearly that it fails to pass the test.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2015

Unfortunately these attributes can also result in  a scatter-gun approach towards development where the community becomes fractured as different people chase different opportunities.

From Forbes ● Oct. 28, 2013

But the scatter-gun approach, in which every bank tried to trade every physical market without achieving economies of scale, has passed its sell-by date.

From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2013

Ralph, remember that you've got your scatter-gun handy.

From The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron by Robert Shaler

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