mistake
Example Sentences
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But it also increases the risks of a costly mistake.
From BBC
Obvious errors are distractions and may leave readers with an impression of a writer’s mistakes, not his or her ideas.
Beyond those changes, little new information was revealed by Key and Gould – perhaps an admission that the mistakes of the Ashes tour could have been prevented before the tour began.
From BBC
By the end of Tim Davie's tenure, after mistake after editorial mistake on his watch, the outgoing director general did appear ground down by the job.
From BBC
“The mistake that championship teams often make is to try to repeat their winning formula,” Jackson wrote in his 2013 book, “Eleven Rings.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
