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errant

[er-uhnt] / ˈɛr ənt /


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Excuse them, like they popped out of his mouth like an errant burp.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

And if AI agents are not kept on course by a human, they could misunderstand an instruction and wander down an errant processing path, resulting in a business paying for wasted computing power.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

As David Ariosto relates in “Open Space,” these satellites are vulnerable to errant space debris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

But his errant drive down the last cost him a place alongside Aberg in Sunday's final pairing.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Never a tremor of wind, or a splash of rain, no errant snowflake comes to stain that heaven, so calm, so vaporless, the world of light.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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