erroneously
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Many other longtime residents have reported erroneously receiving letters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
That meant the system erroneously believed some cars had been lapped because they were not showing up on the correct timing loops, so it started showing blue flags when no-one had been lapped.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Johnson, he added, gets blamed for tampering with Social Security, with many people erroneously believing the president dipped into the program’s coffers.
From MarketWatch ● May 2, 2026
Its explanation, however, in effect said that AI didn’t generate the troublesome software coding itself, but did give an engineer instructions about how to write the code — erroneously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
Probably because it was the first generally practiced method of biological control, this setting of one insect against another is widely but erroneously thought to be the only alternative to chemicals.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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