inadvertent
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In his response, Lowell said signing a primary-mortgage agreement on the Georgia property was an entirely inadvertent oversight.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
In June regulatory filings that disclosed the $21 billion in restatements, each insurer labeled them as “corrections of errors,” which would imply that they were inadvertent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
In 2022, Bostic publicly reported what he described as inadvertent violations of the Fed’s investment-management rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The former forward and manager wanted to keep the news private but confirmed the diagnosis after accidentally sharing the news initially in an "inadvertent social media post".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Then there is behavioral residue, which is defined as the inadvertent clues we leave behind: dirty laundry on the floor, for instance, or an alphabetized CD collection.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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