miscalculate
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It is very easy to miscalculate cutting weight.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
But there are a lot of people looking over their shoulder, going, “Wait, did we miscalculate? Are we on the wrong side of things?”
From Slate ● May 30, 2025
Every time any actor decides to roll the iron dice of war, there is a significant chance that they are going to miscalculate.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2024
Hard-headed governments regularly miscalculate the risks of their most provocative acts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
I ain’t partial to swords—the time on the reverse is too long if you miscalculate your swing—but it’s better than a couple of rusty gardening blades.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
But if it miscalculates and raises rates too high or too fast, history suggests it could trigger a recession.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2018
He goes over his tallies, in case he miscalculated, but he never miscalculates.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2016
A system that consistently miscalculates energy use risks being falsely reassuring or forcing the user into an unnecessarily restrictive diet.
From The Verge ● Jun. 3, 2014
Even when the team indisputably miscalculates, as when the Spurs signed Richard Jefferson to a high-dollar multiyear deal, the situation is dealt with quietly and efficiently.
From Slate ● May 29, 2012
The engineer who miscalculates the strength of materials, builds a bridge that breaks down.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer
Umanksy points to Measure ULA, the voter-approved tax widely referred to as the “mansion tax,” as an example of miscalculated promised outcomes.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
More than 30 parents have told BBC Your Voice they've experienced miscalculated child maintenance arrears, money wrongly taken from wages or bank accounts and lengthy court battles with the CMS.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
But regardless of the intention, Fairhope miscalculated in prosecuting Gamble.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Diplomats and analysts say Tehran miscalculated with its attacks on Dubai, Doha and Bahrain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
She decided to get to Tyler first, to deny anything I might tell him, but she miscalculated.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
These days, its own mathematical ability is just about the only thing that AI is miscalculating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
But it is possible that they could be miscalculating, and they end up the ones who back away from the void.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
Ford was accused of misleading the EPA by intentionally miscalculating factors used in certification testing.
From Reuters ● Apr. 21, 2023
They include big-ticket items, such as miscalculating the need for massive barriers to prevent freight trains on nearby tracks derailing and crashing into a bullet train.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
Willing hands, miscalculating the exceeding lightness of her aged body, lifted her higher than need be, above the back of the palfrey.
From The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay
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