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mistakenly

[mi-stay-kuhn-lee] / mɪˈsteɪ kən li /
ADVERB
wrongly
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In fact, one in four voters in a Bowling Green State University poll even mistakenly identified Brown, a popular veteran of Ohio politics, as the incumbent.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Meta has denied this, but acknowledged that some of Lula's campaign ads had been mistakenly deactivated due to technical errors.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own tissues, particularly the joints.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Every such revolution is accompanied by a bubble, but markets mistakenly view those leaders as staying dominant through protective moats, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

In the distance she saw the twinkling of lights and mistakenly thought that it marked a villager’s house — but it marked the edge of a fairy ring.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo


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