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miscounting

verb

present participle of miscount

as in miscalculating

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Investors are misjudging, and then correcting, who or what will actually capture AI’s value.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Rather than collisions caused by surrounding traffic, these incidents involved the vehicle misjudging objects directly in its path.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026

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In September 2011, Daniels, then a 17-year-old dropout and a member of the Bloods, was walking to the laundromat with his sister when rival gang members approached her — mistaking her for Daniels’ other sister, who was also caught up in the streets.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
And both times, there was no mistaking who the gallery wanted to win.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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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
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, who polled at 5% in the CBS survey, accused Becerra of bungling the federal government’s response to COVID-19, mpox and the influx in child migrants under former President Joe Biden.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026

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Statham plays a former marine who has to prove his innocence after he’s framed for murdering his billionaire boss.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Tyrone Noling, who was convicted in 1996 of murdering an elderly couple and has maintained his innocence, is pictured June 15, 2005, in Mansfield, Ohio.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

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Complex documents with tables, charts and mixed content need each content type scored separately, since a model can nail text while mangling a table.

— Sriram Bhargav Madhav, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Blade grinders function more like blenders, frantically whirring in circles, mangling the beans, and tossing them all over the grinding chamber.

— Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 May 2026

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