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
Because England's winning streak started with some streaky wins.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 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
A streaky team now hitting its downside, the Coyotes have lost four straight after a five-game win streak and scored only eight combined goals in the losses.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
“Everything is spotty and streaky, Daisy. They can’t even wash dishes right no more.”
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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
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
The Angels will gamble on a good streak from one of the streakiest hitters in baseball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2014
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