error

Example Sentences

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“Must be pilot error,” she said, grimacing in disgust.

From Literature

Any attempt to intercept the quantum signals disturbs them, creating detectable errors that alert users to possible eavesdropping.

From Science Daily

In addition, dietary information was self-reported, which can introduce measurement error.

From Science Daily

A spokesperson for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust apologised to those affected and said they were working "to ensure payment errors are kept to a minimum".

From BBC

Wiseman has spent a career probing the complex inner workings and painfully human errors of America’s establishments, but in marriage itself, he may have found the most fraught, mysterious and unreformable institution of all.”

From Los Angeles Times