inadvertently

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“To the extent he inadvertently incurs exposure to those industries through third-party managers or liquid legacy investments, Tom will donate all profits to charity.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The sensitive Claude Code information was inadvertently disclosed on Tuesday when the company updated the AI tool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Israeli officials are keen to emphasise that the two countries are in lockstep, even if they occasionally, inadvertently, hint at gaps.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

“It inadvertently allowed one spouse to claim just their spousal benefit when they reached full retirement age,” Mantell explained in her book.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

I’d somehow, inadvertently, done something that’d given the population at this school permission to put me in a different kind of box, and I didn’t know how to deal with it.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi