wrongly
Example Sentences
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Douglass compared government and the Constitution to “a ship and a compass”: the latter could point correctly while the former steered wrongly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The strategist sent the market abuzz last month when he predicted — wrongly, as it turns out — that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
In 2010, he filed a habeas petition to challenge his detention with assistance from the Innocence Center, a San Diego-based nonprofit law firm dedicated to freeing people who have been wrongly convicted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
"I did feel like a criminal," says Neil - one of several thousands complaining of being wrongly suspended or permanently banned, spending days trapped in a system of what they believe are AI generated responses.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
‘Behold your most sacred statue, the Athena Parthenos, wrongly taken by the Romans. I return it to you now as a gesture of peace!’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
