mistake
Example Sentences
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Some wildfire victims say the law has gone too far and doesn’t keep the utilities accountable for their mistakes.
From Los Angeles Times
Fredriksen said Europe had made a "big mistake" by cutting military budgets in the past.
From Barron's
Wagner: My biggest recurring mistake was revenge trading — getting stopped out of a trade, then jumping back in hours later, convinced I’d just mistimed the entry, only to get stopped out again.
From MarketWatch
There’s a coupon for carpet cleaning, Boo’s birth certificate, which says Bridget Chesley—a mistake…she’s a Hooperman just like me—and a bunch of photos and stuff.
From Literature
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AI is about to fix that mistake, not by replacing companies, but by letting them replace the employees doing the logo-aligning at 2 a.m. so their managing director doesn’t yell at them.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.