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Recent Examples of errancy
Traversing Central and Eastern Europe, New York, California, the Southwestern U. S., Buenos Aires, and Haiti, Reines resembles a cosmic outlaw, a modern-day wandering Jew, whose errancy and alienation disrupts illusions of order.
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Hannah Aizenman,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2019
Hannah Aizenman,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for errancy
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Torres’ inaccuracy in front of goal has even spawned countless memes on Spanish-speaking social media from frustrated fans and amused neutrals.
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This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.
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With Yerry De los Santos also fumbling a bunt in the eighth, the Yanks tallied a season-high four errors on the night.
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Michael Conforto, Alex Bregman and Ian Happ had RBI hits in the sixth, when the Cubs’ runs were unearned thanks to a pair of errors.
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Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
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One Republican senator calling this the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.
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Atlanta scored 20 points off those miscues and dominated the paint, finishing with 60 points inside.
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His late-game miscues proved costly in the series.
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In an era of higher funding costs and unpredictable liquidity windows, the penalty for misjudgment compounds quickly.
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Municipal utilities are largely unregulated, which makes misjudgments in purchasing power contracts a serious risk to local ratepayers.
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In the games so far, there have been quite a few fumbles and an apparent slackness of mind and limb.
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Starting in all 16 games for the first time since 2012, Smith had five sacks, 48 tackles and a fumble returned for a touchdown.
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That ended his day after five innings of one-run ball, with just one mistake — a slider that Manny Machado clobbered for a solo homer — against him.
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Will this turn into a tragic mistake Daemon soon regrets?
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The lefty, who needed 37 pitches to get through the fourth due to Cabrera’s flub and three free passes, logged five innings, two runs (0 earned), four walks and six strikeouts over 96 pitches.
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But those are only the flubs that Jeopardy judges catch and acknowledge during tapings.
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“Errancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errancy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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