errancies

plural of errancy

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Noun
  • For one, the data was self-reported, which can introduce inaccuracies.
    Brian Mastroianni, Health, 2 June 2026
  • His attorney, Joe Pace, disputes that claim and says the government relied heavily on inaccuracies in an old plea agreement that stated Munoz began dealing drugs before becoming a citizen.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Read on to see the beauty blunders, silly styling and overall head-to-toe outfits that these stars regret.
    Tanisha Bhat, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • Nearly all of them are blunders, offenses or revelations about the people Collins has put in top positions in his House office, his campaign office or both.
    AJC.com, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The Nationals have made more errors than anyone else in baseball.
    Danielle Allentuck, Washington Post, 6 June 2026
  • She was also hurt by three early errors.
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • These lightweight suitcases do it all, from quick trips to weeklong vacations.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
  • Utterback, who’d just gotten married and bought a house in Omaha, instead devoted himself to learning on his own, poring over books, making regular trips to Japan, and befriending masters of the craft.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Despite a record-flirting sack season and excellent production against the run in 2025, the Broncos tied for the second-fewest fumbles recovered of any NFL defense last year.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
  • Last season was a struggle for the Ravens, and at times for Henry, whose three lost fumbles contributed to losses and the team’s 1-5 start.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • But as the wheels came off late in Game 2, with Canady allowing a seventh-inning home run to Texas’s Kayden Henry, followed by all those fielding miscues, one wondered whether the burden of being the bad guys finally did them in.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Henke forced a flyout to left field to keep the score tied, and Cambridge took over from there with the help of Lincoln-Sudbury miscues.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • The issue is not that AI makes mistakes—human decision-making is also imperfect—but that models operate at a scale and speed that rapidly amplifies those errors faster than they can be discovered and addressed.
    Troy Holaday, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • But Boutros has acknowledged mistakes made in the case involving the Broadview protesters.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • The use of video technology has increased the scrutiny, even though it was never sold as a panacea to the issue of refereeing misjudgments.
    Graham Scott, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Ullrich stresses the role of tactical mistakes and misjudgments, not least by the far left, which shortsightedly refused to compromise its beliefs and join with more moderate groups to oppose democratic backsliding.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Errancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errancies. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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