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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
There were four takes of the first song, ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, with two being aborted because of technical errors.
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Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
Such a system could dramatically improve legal research and reduce errors.
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Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
Most of the Brazil’s goals, said Pierre-Louis, 45, were the result of errors.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2026
Similarly, a financial report that looks great but is riddled with errors won't cut it.
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Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
The Mustangs added a run in the third when sophomore right fielder Ben Finney stole second and scored on two errors on the play.
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Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
New research from the hospital’s center for rare diseases and the AI company OpenAI reveals that off-the-shelf AI tools can help identify which errors in patients’ genomes might be causing the children’s diseases.
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Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
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
But the process was prone to errors and was not widely adopted by merchants due to the fee that OpenAI was charging merchants.
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Barbara Ortutay,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
Such a system could dramatically improve legal research and reduce errors.
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Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
Most of the Brazil’s goals, said Pierre-Louis, 45, were the result of errors.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2026
Similarly, a financial report that looks great but is riddled with errors won't cut it.
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Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
The Mustangs added a run in the third when sophomore right fielder Ben Finney stole second and scored on two errors on the play.
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Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
New research from the hospital’s center for rare diseases and the AI company OpenAI reveals that off-the-shelf AI tools can help identify which errors in patients’ genomes might be causing the children’s diseases.
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Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
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.
—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.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.
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Barbara Ortutay,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for errors
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The team's mistakes cost the players early on when Germany scored in the 2nd minute to earn the lead.
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Sure, a lot of the mistakes or poor moments in defense can be waved away by recognizing that most of the team’s best defenders were sitting on the bench when the Turks wheeled away in delight with Ayhan’s goal.
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Detectives are continuing an investigation that began weeks ago, Azarcon said, and are analyzing evidence to see whether the six are linked to additional crimes.
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Megan Swenson, lead stenographer for the Police Department, said her team works with officers and analysts to transcribe the department reports while meticulously reviewing the facts of cases ranging from the highly sensitive violent crimes to routine traffic stops.
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All my delusions were still intact; the hospitalization had done nothing to shake them.
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The third film in director Éric Rohmer’s series Comedies and Proverbs, Pauline at the Beach explores the emotions (and delusions) around summer love.
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Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
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Once again, Towns, who hadn’t gotten into foul trouble in what felt like a basketball eternity, pulled off a series of blunders, picking up two fouls in the game’s opening 62 seconds.
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Three additional restaurants were cited for violations including heavy grease accumulation, missing handwashing signs and an ice machine leak.
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The Justice Manual violations described above represent only one dimension of the illegality of this Fund.
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Valuations are myths more than science anyway.
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These myths arise for a purpose, for a need that already exists.
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Do not allow the sins of the past to overwhelm, to drown the present.
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That relationship was based on sinners confessing their sins to this vicar.
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Rustin and Epstein—who recently opened an intimate second space in London for Edel Assanti—were under no illusions.
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This lifelong Black Catholic bears no illusions about the sins of my church.
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“Errors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errors. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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