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Walthour did say Rodriguez had erred in his decision when he claimed Walthour had submitted a formal affidavit concerning his wife’s health.

Above all, he valued his freedom — the freedom to explore, the freedom to err, the freedom to create.

We’re going to err on the side of caution, and we’re going to bring very few people back to the office at a time.

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So, with transmission rates still high in many parts of the world, including the United States, and large swaths of the population still unvaccinated, it’s best to err on the side of caution.

The appeal filed Monday said Marchant had erred in several ways, including by accepting actions the General Assembly took last summer.

No one likes it when their sandcastle is knocked over, but his reaction is a bit, err, extreme.

They tend to err heavily on the side of the government where kidnapping is concerned.

The bottom line is agencies almost always err on the side of caution.

In other words, the vast majority of Americans seem to agree with the American Mullahs, err, “hard-liners.”

Err, yes, of course Newt Gingrich loved the number of debates.

And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down, headlong.

Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee?

Whatever his own personal blunders, it was impossible for Joseph Addison to err in a point of literary judgment.

Is not your style so simple, frank, and direct that a wayfaring girl can read it and not err therein?

It is under the abiding influence of the Holy Ghost, and therefore cannot err in matters of faith.

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On this page you'll find 83 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to err, such as: misbehave, miscalculate, stray, stumble, blow, and blunder.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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