miscalculation

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"At the very least that can prevent miscalculation or reduce the temperatures down to a situation in which they tackle their differences through talking rather than shooting," Taylor said.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Waller pointed to the Fed’s costly miscalculation early in the pandemic, when policymakers dismissed one price surge after another as temporary, each time expecting inflation to resolve itself.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

The result of this miscalculation may very well be catastrophic.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Sora now looks like an expensive strategic miscalculation, one that was led by key employees who were at the center of the AI talent war raging across Silicon Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Earlier that evening my friend Yossel and I had carried an elderly woman on a stretcher to the ghetto infirmary, but we had made a dangerous miscalculation.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson