miscalculate
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Because of negativity bias, we miscalculate the upsides and downsides of social life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
Then I mentioned to him what the veteran reporter had said to me about the risk that “confirmation bias” was yet again causing the press corps to miscalculate Trump’s odds of survival.
From Slate ● May 20, 2024
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
Some here in South Korea agree, arguing the spy satellite, by offering accurate data, reduces the odds the isolated Kim regime will miscalculate and start a war.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 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
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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
OnePlus has scaled back the background-blurring effect, which helps to hide the errors when the camera miscalculates whether to blur or keep something in focus.
From The Verge ● Nov. 20, 2017
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 risk inherent in all this, however, is that someone on either side miscalculates and triggers a full-blown conflict.
From Reuters ● Jan. 25, 2012
At the mouth of the cave Costigan strives to push Drummond in through the narrow aperture left for their admission, but miscalculates his commander's idea of the proprieties.
From Foes in Ambush by Charles King
But, if Europe has miscalculated and needs to turn to the spot market for more supplies later this year, U.S. exporters of liquefied natural gas will profit from higher prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
But regardless of the intention, Fairhope miscalculated in prosecuting Gamble.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Drake was due to play in Amsterdam two days after the final Manchester show, but his team had miscalculated the time it would take to ship the stage across the North Sea.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
In many ways, we had miscalculated; we had thought that by the 1970s we would be living in a democratic, nonracial South Africa.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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These days, its own mathematical ability is just about the only thing that AI is miscalculating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The potential downside for the team is miscalculating how good a player will become and overpaying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
The food safety watchdog has issued new guidance over caffeine in food supplements after a man died miscalculating the amount he was meant to use.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
Ford was accused of misleading the EPA by intentionally miscalculating factors used in certification testing.
From Reuters ● Apr. 21, 2023
Jenks backed away to the companionway in an effort to keep his face to the angry skipper and miscalculating his distance rolled backward down the stairs.
From A Voyage with Captain Dynamite by Charles Edward Rich
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