Examples of by mistake in a Sentence
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He had been promoted—by mistake.
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Arizona prison officials aren't saying much about how a man was released by mistake 22 years early.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But by mistake, Trey’s friend Kyle – the boy of King’s longtime associate Paul (Jeffrey Wright) – is the one being held, and King works with the police to pay the culprits and get the kid back.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, MS is a chronic disease of the central nervous system in which the body’s immune system attacks itself by mistake.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Arizona prison officials aren't saying much about how a man was released by mistake 22 years early.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But by mistake, Trey’s friend Kyle – the boy of King’s longtime associate Paul (Jeffrey Wright) – is the one being held, and King works with the police to pay the culprits and get the kid back.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, MS is a chronic disease of the central nervous system in which the body’s immune system attacks itself by mistake.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
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“By mistake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20mistake. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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