mistaken
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The village churchyard has become a haven for local wildlife - in particular slow worms, a non-venomous species of legless lizard often mistaken for snakes.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Still, any narrative that interest is cooling would be mistaken.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Wall Street is mistaken to insist that the bull market can’t be in danger because corporate earnings are growing fast.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
“Edelweiss,” mistaken at times for an actual Austrian folk song instead of an American creation, hasn’t always been a welcome olive branch.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
If they roamed the halls they might be mistaken, just, for some low-level commercial bankers at Wells Fargo, or flunkies at mortgage lenders, such as Option One: nine-to-fivers.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Power Suffix: -en
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