errors

noun

plural of error
1
as in mistakes
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy a report on the earthquake contained several unfortunate errors

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2
as in crimes
a breaking of a moral or legal code we have all committed errors in our lives and strayed from the path of righteousness

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3
as in delusions
a false idea or belief the story only spread the error by repeating the misinterpreted statistics

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Recent Examples of errors However, the Sparks were one of the teams that didn’t have all of its players vote due to some operational errors. — Doug Feinberg, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 Without an operator, the consequences of errors are much greater. — New Atlas, 5 July 2026 Folarin Balogun's red card came as the result of a series of ridiculous, unforgivable errors from the officials in this match. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 The measurements auto-populate the quote, eliminating the transcription errors and ruler mistakes that have plagued the industry for decades. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 July 2026 But errors induced by pressure and by the immaturity of new combinations prevented the All Blacks ever taking full control. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 According to a report from Bleeping Computer, the developers of a new Mac malware called Gaslight packed it with fake errors and other prompt-injection strings. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026 Americans are in a perpetual debate, which is no surprise, as retrogrades are notorious for misunderstandings and communication errors. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026 Tigers rookies Hao-Yu Lee and Kevin McGonigle drove in two runs apiece after errors by third baseman José Caballero and left fielder Cody Bellinger. — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for errors
  1. mistakes
  2. crimes
  3. delusions
  4. blunders
  5. violations
  6. myths
  7. sins
  8. illusions
Noun
  • Acknowledging and even criticizing our mistakes of the past doesn’t cheapen one’s love for the United States.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • You are allowed to make three mistakes but fail a fourth time and the game ends with the answers being revealed.
    — Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of mistakes
Noun
  • The center says identity crimes have shifted from isolated events into more layered cases that can spread across multiple accounts and institutions.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • In a press release, Bonta reiterated his commitment to combating hate in California, and said the data obtained are accessible and critical to stopping such crimes in the state.
    — Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of crimes
Noun
  • In one case, the Jupiter family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Google, saying the company’s chatbot, Gemini, contributed to their son’s death by fueling severe delusions and eventually coaching him through taking his own life.
    — Laurie Mermet, Sun Sentinel, 6 July 2026
  • His fears were rooted in delusions that also touched on the nation’s fentanyl crisis and the war in Ukraine, according to court testimony.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Definition of delusions
Noun
  • Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism.
    — Jim Rasenberger, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
  • Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
Definition of blunders
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  • The agency had found six violations of state code by the company after detainees complained about a lack of protective equipment and proper training while cleaning the facility for $1 per day.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • The German predator network managed to thrive despite clear violations of Telegram’s terms of service, again raising questions about how the platform has been used for criminal activity.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of violations
Noun
  • After all, the best myths take our normal heroes-and-villains binary and punt it into a million pieces.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
  • But myths don’t need receipts, and this one has endured for nearly a thousand years.
    — Michele MetychAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026
Definition of myths
Noun
  • But there are plenty of sins against the rules of cinematic chastity that marked that movement, such as the ample space made for Lasse Aagaard’s affecting, low-key score that amps up the anxiety as Vibeke starts to spiral.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • Still, the tour doesn’t shy away from the mission’s sins over its 250 years, demystifying how supposedly carefree life was during the height of its operations before the United States conquered Mexico.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of sins
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  • Presented Out of Competition at the 1967 edition of Venice, Deadly Sweet takes it cue from a brief encounter between a disenchanted man and a girl with no illusions in the wake of the murder of a nightclub owner in London.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 June 2026
  • Perhaps because of this aesthetic of illusions, the earnest state pride evident in some of the pavilions turns out to feel especially delightful.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
Definition of illusions

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