mistaken

Example Sentences

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When Peet told Shear she is often mistaken for Bell, they reconfigured the moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

In the heart of Sao Paulo, a "prisonometer" keeps a live tally of people jailed due to Latin America's largest AI facial-recognition system, but its successes have been marred by mistaken arrests.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Andrew Malkinson was arrested within weeks of the incident and later convicted, spending 17 years in jail on the basis of mistaken eyewitness evidence.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

“Resilience should not be mistaken for strength,” said Ali Vaez, director of the Iran project at the International Crisis Group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

To do the sort of trades they wanted to do, they needed to be mistaken by the big Wall Street firms for investors who knew their way around a big Wall Street firm.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis