mistake
Example Sentences
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“Ideally, the number of people who miss their RMD would be zero percent. It’s an easily avoidable mistake,” said Aaron Goodman, senior investment strategist at Vanguard.
From MarketWatch
UC Riverside repeatedly made the mistake of leaving Bilodeau open in the first half and the forward made the Highlanders regret their decision by making five of nine shots on the way to 13 points.
From Los Angeles Times
For a quarter century I’ve been mistaken for another opinion journalist.
It’s one thing to have John Q. Public, who reads and watches certain news outlets where you’ve appeared, mistake you for someone else.
He clings to the hope police could have made a mistake.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
