mistaken
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It’s not clear how Wall Street came up with this mistaken view.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
“They’re leaving consumers with the mistaken impression that the Lilly product is vastly superior to the Novo product,” said Kuckelman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
BBC Sport reported on Friday how Uefa has instructed its VARs not to consider diving under the new mistaken identity protocol, as Fifa has during the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Unless clear limits are introduced against "mistaken belief" in consent, victims' efforts may be "rendered futile", she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
The search for the Northwest Passage, or the attempt to explain planetary motion on the model of magnetism, were mistaken but useful.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing mistaken
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Power Suffix: -en
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