misstep

Example Sentences

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Dresser wrote that Anthropic has made a “strategic misstep to not acquire enough compute,” adding that “the market is ours to win, let’s execute accordingly.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Apple's "butterfly" keyboard design - a mechanism introduced in 2015 for laptop keyboards - was a "rare misstep in reliability", said Pickerell.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

It could be an expensive misstep to scale up a robot army to meet rush-hour demand in a city only to see many of those vehicles sit idle during nonpeak times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

He was detained for a year, as his attorneys and family were hesitant to post bail, fearing Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention or deportation, a travesty already enough for one misstep.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

I’m too stunned to consider ways to salvage any cell-block pride out of my misstep.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz