errancies

Definition of erranciesnext
plural of errancy

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Noun
  • When inaccuracies do crop up, ghostwriters often take the fall.
    Emily Hodgson Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Responding to the lawsuit, Meiner said the filing contains inaccuracies and suggested the statements at issue could be defamatory.
    Abby Dodge, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Over the years across Illinois, there has been a litany of agency miscues, blunders and downright neglect, including several in Lake County.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The sufferings caused by a statesman’s blunders are larger than the benefits produced by his accomplishments.
    David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Giants totaled three hits and as many errors.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Fullerton took advantage of three errors to score four runs in the third inning on the way to a 5-2 win over Laguna Hills in an Empire League game Friday at Laguna Hills High.
    Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • So the 458 Pro Campervan is ultimately more of a novelty or special use vehicle, good for short camping trips down slow, meandering country roads but downright incompatible with more ambitious RV trips.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Sources told Us Weekly that Swift was planning two separate girls’ trips to make sure all her friends can attend her bachelorette party.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • As Trump fumbles with the Pandora’s Box he’s broken open, there’s no shortage of historical analogies to choose from.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Browner finished his career with 37 interceptions, 17 forced fumbles and 17 fumble recoveries.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Guardians scored twice in the third inning on miscues by Yoshinobu Yamamoto and catcher Will Smith.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In truth, the slow starts, the disjointed offense and the disconnected defense haven’t been Knicks miscues unique to road games this season.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Critical, independent and common-sense thinking was essential to deal with our evolution, to include those time when grave mistakes were made and great leaders had to make tough decisions to course-correct.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Notre Dame’s Lachlan Clark made no mistakes other than giving up the home run.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Torsten Sløk, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, said forecasts of an imminent slowdown have been repeatedly wrong, and the economics profession should start grappling with its track record of misjudgments.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Errancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errancies. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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