miscount

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Recent Examples of miscount The sheriff, after a review, said evidence was miscounted but denied theft. Andrew Graham may 28, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026 This was also not the first time the WNBA has been in a scandal miscounting Caitlin Clark assists. Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026 By Afroman’s account, the officers left his house torn apart, cut his security video cords, took cash from his home — officials later announced that deputies had merely miscounted the money — and traumatized his kids. Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026 The sheriff's office has explained the discrepancy by saying deputies originally miscounted the money, which Newland took responsibility for on the stand. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for miscount
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Verb
  • Yet the company seems to continually miscalculate the extent to which this dynamic will jeopardize its business.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • Undeniably, Putin and associates miscalculated how easily Russia’s military would be able to occupy and take control of Ukraine, repeating Cold War successes.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • The death of a language is like that of square dancing, or of doing algebra by pencil and paper, and mistaking metaphor for reality is one of the surest routes to woolly thinking.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Christie Brinkley has fans mistaking her for one of her daughters in her recent Instagram post.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • According to reporting by CalMatters, these surveillance systems gave lower scores to nurses who stayed on the phone longer than 15 minutes and often misjudged the emotional context of their conversations.
    Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Taaffe, a former Texas standout the Dolphins selected in the fifth round, had an opportunity to pull down an interception on a Malik Willis pass to Malik Washington, but seemingly misjudged the ball, which wasn’t brought down by the receiver.
    Omar Kelly August 6, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The look was a polarizing one, leading the Spaniard to blame one of his brothers for botching the assignment.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • New starting center Jared Wilson botched another snap working with Maye.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • The combustion of Graham Platner’s candidacy in Maine is another blow to a Democratic Party trying to mend its reputation after bungling the 2024 presidential election.
    Editorial Board, Washington Post, 9 July 2026
  • Kylian Mbappe, Romelu Lukaku and Darwin Nunez are some names at the World Cup who have previously bungled a knee slide celebration by diving into the ground, rather than trying to sling themselves along it.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 1 June 2026

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“Miscount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscount. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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