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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
The danger of hallucinations means health officials must tread with caution, given the outsized impact that errors could have in the response to a public emergency.
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Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 12 June 2026
The model writes the code, runs the tests, reads the errors, fixes the code, runs the tests again, and reports back when something is shipped.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
But the process was prone to errors and was not widely adopted by merchants due to the fee that OpenAI was charging merchants.
—Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Still, attempting to get high is a primary driver behind the increase in poisoning cases in teens ages 13 to 19, said America’s Poison Centers, as opposed to unintentional medical errors.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 June 2026
But the approach also yielded errors, with some children being released to adults who forced them to work illegally, or to people who provided clearly false identification and addresses.
—ABC News, 11 June 2026
According to a 2025 report, hallucinations remain pervasive in filings — easily avoidable errors that are bogging down legal proceedings and eroding trust.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 June 2026
The glaring mental errors in his game are the problem.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 11 June 2026
She was also hurt by three early errors.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 12 June 2026
The model writes the code, runs the tests, reads the errors, fixes the code, runs the tests again, and reports back when something is shipped.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
But the process was prone to errors and was not widely adopted by merchants due to the fee that OpenAI was charging merchants.
—Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Still, attempting to get high is a primary driver behind the increase in poisoning cases in teens ages 13 to 19, said America’s Poison Centers, as opposed to unintentional medical errors.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 June 2026
But the approach also yielded errors, with some children being released to adults who forced them to work illegally, or to people who provided clearly false identification and addresses.
—ABC News, 11 June 2026
According to a 2025 report, hallucinations remain pervasive in filings — easily avoidable errors that are bogging down legal proceedings and eroding trust.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 June 2026
The glaring mental errors in his game are the problem.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 11 June 2026
She was also hurt by three early errors.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for errors
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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
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But Boutros has acknowledged mistakes made in the case involving the Broadview protesters.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
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Guerrero Flores was charged in a New York federal court with racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, including lending support to terrorists in crimes that stretched more than a decade, authorities announced in December.—
Will Weissert,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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Predominantly hired by narcotics gangs, more than 100 other crimes that involved children include bombings, kidnappings, torture, shootings, stabbings and setting other kids on fire.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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OpenAI is also facing a number of wrongful death lawsuits, which allege that ChatGPT drove users to experience harmful delusions and, in some cases, to commit suicide.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
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Work picked up, and Harbour began building a career, often playing a supporting character who helps reveal the hypocrisies or delusions of the protagonists.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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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
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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
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Here are the inspection scores and violations for restaurants within the city limits of Plano for May 31st - June 6th, 2026.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
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The 2010 and 2014 World Cups were troubled by cost overruns and delays in the construction of stadiums and other infrastructure and the threat of labor unrest while global outrage over human rights violations and discrimination against women and LGBTQ people hung over the last two tournaments.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Still, in our age of political cynicism, sports and literature may be the last two places in our culture in which the American myths feel truthful.—
Sam Evan Sussman,
Vogue,
10 June 2026
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Other myths, such as how tanning your perineum can boost energy and balance hormones, or how eliminating seed oils from your diet will protect you from the sun, have also fed into Gen Z tanning culture.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
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These days, most red-letter sins in NCAA sports come in gray, and more often invisible ink.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
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The length exacerbates all the rest of the series' sins, including a lack of emotional depth, gratuitous suffering and violence, long stretches of boring, listless plotting and extraneous characters.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Rustin and Epstein—who recently opened an intimate second space in London for Edel Assanti—were under no illusions.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
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This lifelong Black Catholic bears no illusions about the sins of my church.—
Laura Washington,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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“Errors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errors. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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