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as in mistakes
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
a report on the earthquake contained several unfortunate errors
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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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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
No man’s land Remarkably, all of this has been happening in a regulatory vacuum and with technology that is known to make errors.
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Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
Documents released since December have included redaction errors, leaked victim identities, and ongoing complaints of mishandling by department officials.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Department officials have said errors were inevitable given the volume of the materials, the number of lawyers viewing the files and the speed at which the department had to release them.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Department officials have said errors were inevitable given the volume of material, the number of lawyers viewing the files and the speed at which the department had to release them.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
But some filers could risk errors on their tax return, experts say.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
While minimally invasive procedures have improved cardiac care, the heart’s complex anatomy and constant motion require rigorous hands-on training to reduce procedural errors.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
The largest study of the medication included only 77 children and was retracted in January because of errors in its data analysis.
—Sara Novak, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2026
The digital freight forward launched an AI agent built to conduct an audit on all past customs entries to identify mistakes and compliance errors, as well as pinpoint entries where duties might have been over or underpaid.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
Documents released since December have included redaction errors, leaked victim identities, and ongoing complaints of mishandling by department officials.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Department officials have said errors were inevitable given the volume of the materials, the number of lawyers viewing the files and the speed at which the department had to release them.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Department officials have said errors were inevitable given the volume of material, the number of lawyers viewing the files and the speed at which the department had to release them.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
But some filers could risk errors on their tax return, experts say.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
While minimally invasive procedures have improved cardiac care, the heart’s complex anatomy and constant motion require rigorous hands-on training to reduce procedural errors.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
The largest study of the medication included only 77 children and was retracted in January because of errors in its data analysis.
—Sara Novak, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2026
The digital freight forward launched an AI agent built to conduct an audit on all past customs entries to identify mistakes and compliance errors, as well as pinpoint entries where duties might have been over or underpaid.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for errors
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Builders make many types of mistakes in their plans, according to Terri Faulkner, a floor plan design expert in Rocklin, California.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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Letting your kids make mistakes and learn from them is a great way to help them to learn independence.—
Margery D. Rosen,
Parents,
5 Mar. 2026
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Casap may never change after ‘horrific’ crimes First-degree intentional homicide carries a mandatory life sentence.—
Todd Richmond,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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In his post on Tuesday, the governor compared the case of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is serving a nine-year prison sentence, to that of a former state lawmaker who was recently sentenced to probation and community service after being convicted of one of the same crimes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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No more division, distraction of gender delusions.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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Multiple studies have explored the tendency of chatbots to encourage users’ delusions.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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Noem’s dissmissal comes after she was berated by lawmakers on Capitol Hill over a series of disastrous blunders by her department, including the killings of two American citizens by border patrol agents in Minneapolis and apparent attempts by DHS to stifle investigations into the shootings.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2026
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While the Raptors have still been good in clutch situations — when the scoring margin is within five in the final five minutes of a game — that sample has included some notable blunders.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Many of those with convictions are for minor offenses, including traffic violations.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Attorney General Ken Paxton warned the Austin Independent School District that it could be fined $5,000 daily for alleged violations of Texas' new bathroom bill.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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One of the projects, Ono Ghost Market, which was originally developed as a streaming series before being retooled as a feature film, will draw inspiration from Asian myths about supernatural marketplaces.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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But the drastic measures that looksmaxxers are willing to take are lethal to one of their own foundational myths—the myth of natural beauty.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
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All of these are sins that Trump would likely understand.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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Anything to cover your Epstein sins.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Only hours into the conflict, an errant strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in southern Iran served as a gut-wrenching reminder of the cost of such illusions, and a testament to the grim truth that those who pay most dearly for the fog of war are almost always the innocent.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2026
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Miuccia Prada, herself a billionaire, has no illusions that the runway is a space for political grandstanding.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Errors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errors. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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