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“You don’t know the generation of the person interviewing you, so the safer bet is to err on the side of being more professional versus less professional,” Slabinski said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

“We’re going to err on the side of being fearful when people are greedy,” they said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

“Our intent will always be to err on the side of access, which is the decision I have made with regard to “Roots.’”

From Salon ● May 31, 2026

Where sweaty digital executives err, Rahma thinks, is aiming too low.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Many people living outside the evacuation zone in Fukushima decided to err on the side of caution, too.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The trial generated a national sensation, and Ms. Aptowicz effectively re-creates the courtroom drama, though she errs in implying that Hanway’s lawyers strategically chose not to put him on the stand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

So long as it always errs on the side of over-punishment, it can be bad.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Part of that unpredictability is predicated on Sonne’s performance, which errs on the wild side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

Pam Lewison makes some valid points about the hard work of farming but errs when she implies it was her family’s efforts that transformed that desert land.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023

“Me returns eighteen barks; eighteen errs makes burnt.”

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

Patterson claims she suffered several counts of "substantial miscarriage of justice" because the trial judge erred in deciding what evidence could be presented.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Paramount is expected to argue that the states erred by not including streaming as part of the market definition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The three judges also found that the original judge had erred by not deeming Tickle's removal from the app based on Grover's "first visual review" of the profile picture as direct discrimination.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

He said they’d erred in making so many autobiographical movies and needed more broadly commercial hooks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

The odds would be with me, for I would be appealing to men bound by common ideals to judge with pity and understanding one of their brothers who erred and fell in struggle.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

However, during the meeting some members of the governing council said there “could be a case for erring on the dovish side.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

“We should be erring on the side of doing too much, not doing too little.”

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 17, 2026

Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said the team were erring on the side of caution in their handling of Wembanyama's calf problem.

From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025

Kapp showed her side exactly what they had missed with a relentless opening burst, swinging the ball prodigiously and rarely erring from a testing line and length that England's top order could not withstand.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024

More commonly, though, doctors correct for their uncertainty by erring heavily on the side of caution.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell