misstep

Example Sentences

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He’s referring to the launch of a controversial drug called Aduhelm, which turned out to be a tremendous misstep for Biogen.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

There wasn’t one misstep or a single failure that led to the tragedy that will forever haunt Frank Perez.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

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

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

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz