How to Use in error in a Sentence

in error

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• Whoop says the blog post that promised free upgrades after six months was posted in error.
  — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 24 May 2025
• Wahl said the fundraising amounts were filed in error and pledged to amend the disclosures.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
• The first wolf to be killed was a juvenile who was shot in error from a helicopter.
  — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
• The release is the second time an inmate has been released in error.
  — Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
• The leak happened when a valve that forms part of a now defunct plumbing system was opened in error.
  — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
• The emails were sent in error, as these applications haven’t even been reviewed yet.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2022
• One reason for the high rate of audits is that people often claim the credit in error.
  — Kristen Doerer, ProPublica, 17 Feb. 2023
• Some language just gets contorted in error.
  — Louis J. Esterhazy, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
• The two calls of controversy in the Chiefs-Bills game were in error.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2025
• The video was later deleted and the White House said it was posted in error.
  — Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2026
• Schwartz didn’t realize the plot was in error until the fandom erupted.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2023
• The video was later deleted, and the White House said it had been posted in error by a staffer.
  — Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2026
• The Island Packet spoke to Smalls, who said the box was likely checked in error.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• Even small reductions in error have a big impact when models receive millions of requests per day.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2023
• An earlier version of this story stated, in error, that the minimum age for new state troopers was raised.
  — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2023
• The developer said the filing was in error and the apartments will cost $60 million.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• The researchers also found that there was no significant difference in error rate between the two modes.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Nov. 2023
• That is a drop in the bucket when Maryland’s voter rolls seem to be in error by a million registrations.
  — Nicolee Ambrose, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2026
• That a cooking gas cannister won’t detonate in error, and spark a shoot-out that breaks the peace permanently.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
• At least four prisoners released in error over the past year remain at large, the BBC reports.
  — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
• In other words, even if Ross did act in error, Good’s death still bears the administration’s stamp of approval.
  — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
• Fury was then quoted telling other news outlets that the North Korean leader was mentioned in error.
  — Mallory Moench, TIME, 5 May 2024
• The group figured Smith’s admission date had to have been entered in error; a clerk must have substituted his birth date by mistake.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
• Hamilton police found the driver of the Pontiac in error, according to the crash report.
  — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2025
• The prosecution said the defendant, Qingyun Chen, had been released in error.
  — Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
• Ukrainians who also benefited from the program were told to leave in error, DHS said.
  — David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
• McDuffie’s cousin said he was not involved with the business, and the company in question later said his name was included in error.
  — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2021
• Fury was also quoted telling other news outlets that the North Korean leader was mentioned in error.
  — Mallory Moench, TIME, 5 May 2024
• Risk-averse remittance transfer providers may withhold the tax in error because of their secondary liability.
  — Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
• An on-screen message told commentators and viewers this would be the case, but it was displayed in error, and what had been an entertaining race ended as something of a damp squib.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026