inadvertent
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That’s actual fraud, not inadvertent underpayment, the GAO says.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
In a statement posted online, DoorDash said the settlement was to acknowledge inadvertent errors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
In June regulatory filings that disclosed the $21 billion in restatements, each insurer labeled them as “corrections of errors,” which would imply that they were inadvertent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Schrager said the panel had confirmed she did not intentionally use or ingest Ligandrol, and she had proved that inadvertent environmental contamination from a minute trace of Ligandrol was to blame for the positive test.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Rahel ignored her and blew an inadvertent spit bubble.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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