adjective
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marked with streaks
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occurring in streaks
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(of bacon) having alternate layers of meat and fat
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of varying or uneven quality
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Origin of streaky
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That means that while small-caps have had a good run of late, investors shouldn’t count on a marathon: “History clearly shows that positive relative returns in this space are streaky, not structural,” Colas concludes.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
Layton strives to capture L.A. and he gets parts of it right: the side streets and strip malls and streaky headlights at night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
He was seen as a popular figure among Hoops fans, but was also viewed as a head coach that only got "streaky" results out of his side.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
A streaky 2023-24 season ended well short of a playoff berth.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
The house was filling with people and the hours passed in a dreadful streaky blur of relatives, neighbors, crying children, covered dishes, blocked driveways, ringing telephones, bright lights, strange faces, awkward conversations.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Smith, the Trojans’ third-leading scorer, has been even streakier at 35%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2026
Indeed, random data are streakier than folks suppose.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023
The same couldn’t quite be said of streakier Burakovsky, signed from the defending Cup champion Avalanche to a five-year, $27.5 million deal.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
On recent form this would be a home banker, but these are two of the division’s streakier sides.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 28, 2019
The mental part of the game has made him a streakier player than most, if not all, of his competitors.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2010
The visiting St. Louis Blues are among the streakiest teams in NHL history; either winning or losing with impunity.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
One is the league’s best team, by record, the other perhaps its streakiest, by the eye test.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
Baseball is a streaky sport — maybe the streakiest.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
The streakiest team in the NHL has been involved in three consecutive shutouts, on one end or the other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2018
But Burakovsky, the Capitals’ streakiest scorer, finally found the back of the net against Fleury in Game 5, and he injected speed into Washington’s top line.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2017
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