mistake
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By allowing its primary cinematic output to be devalued, Pixar sold off its imagination and lowered its artistic standards — a mistake the studio is still struggling to come back from.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
In later posts on Thursday, the AI chatbot said it had "incorrectly named" Hill and it had made a "mistake in visual identification".
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The lessons: Be an active listener, and if you make a mistake, move on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Shin’s instincts could push him toward the Bank of Japan’s 1989 mistake: treating a market boom as a nail for the rate-hike hammer.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Less like he was a mistake, a one-off that no one could explain.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Vocabulary lists containing mistake
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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