mistaken
Example Sentences
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To passersby, we could easily be mistaken for two teenagers hiding in the shadows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
A rare marble sculpture could fetch up to £18,000 at auction after it spent more than seven decades sitting outside, mistaken for a garden ornament.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Marshall, in an email to staff sent later Friday afternoon, said she was mistaken and that cooperation with Canada could continue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
LZ therefore uses several layers of protection and analysis to identify these background events and prevent them from being mistaken for dark matter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
He’d thought finding appropriate clothes for Koffi would be the hardest part of their plan, but he’d been mistaken.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Power Suffix: -en
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