error

The confusion of the term’s meaning extends back to its origin—because, in fact, it was invented as the result of a communication error.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

The deportation order was due to a clerical error, his attorney said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Officials at NUH said the latest error occurred while a copy of a radiotherapy database was being created.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Inflation didn’t put $7,500 on my credit cards — I did — but it has made the margin for error much smaller.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

How could they have imagined that a silent, determined team of Americans, thousands of miles away in the peaceful countryside near Washington, might pick up on this simple error?

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Real manager Jose Mourinho accused officials of making key errors after his side were beaten 2-1 by rivals Atletico Madrid last week.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

"If small errors creep in, and you try to repeat that flip 10 times with those small errors, the robot will just crash. We need to have robust flight control," How says.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The subject requires that students use logic and math and go back over work carefully to find errors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Salesforce users ‘may experience severe delays, intermittent errors, or an inability to access some services,’ the company says.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Pascal’s wager on God’s existence, for example, can be cast as a choice between the relative probabilities and consequences of Type I and Type II errors.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos