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Recent Examples of miscalculation The slightest miscalculation would be fatal, or even worse, far worse, leave you in a wheelchair for the rest of your life. T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025 For Buffett, the split is a symbolic closing chapter on a rare investing miscalculation. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025 This was the final, fatal miscalculation—the belief that democracy’s protections could be bargained away but democracy itself could still somehow survive. Daniel Ziblatt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025 The miscalculation will cost the city $60 million beginning in 2027 and a total of $7 billion through 2055. David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for miscalculation
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mistake
Noun
  • Learn from the loss, correct the mistakes and move forward.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Even his mistake for Damsgaard’s opener brought more of a stunned silence than exasperated groans or impulsive anger from the locals.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Miscalculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscalculation. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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