Examples of misspelling in a Sentence
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The researchers received the feedback in a meeting with FDA reviewers to discuss a potential study of custom treatments using prime editors, a more complex and cumbersome gene editing technology that can treat a much wider range of genetic misspellings.
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Ed Silverman, STAT, 1 Apr. 2026
An earlier version of this review included a misspelling of Richard McKay’s last name.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
This story has been corrected to fix a misspelling of Khamenei.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Murakami also got a kick out of the initial misspelling of his name on the nameplate in the clubhouse.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2026
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Ed Silverman, STAT, 1 Apr. 2026
An earlier version of this review included a misspelling of Richard McKay’s last name.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
This story has been corrected to fix a misspelling of Khamenei.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Murakami also got a kick out of the initial misspelling of his name on the nameplate in the clubhouse.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Misspelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misspelling. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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misspelling
noun
mis·spell·ing
(ˈ)mis-ˈspel-iŋ 
: an incorrect spelling
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