as in mistakes
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
the slightest miscue could make the trapeze artist lose his grip and fall to the mat below
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Recent Examples of miscues
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
The Knicks built a five-point lead early in the second by capitalizing on a series of Nikola Vucevic miscues.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
The Guardians scored twice in the third inning on miscues by Yoshinobu Yamamoto and catcher Will Smith.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Over the years across Illinois, there has been a litany of agency miscues, blunders and downright neglect, including several in Lake County.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
There were defensive miscues, but William Nylander still looked like a player who can carry the offensive load for the Leafs the rest of the season.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Defensive miscues have allowed the Lions to surrender 11 goals in the opening three matches.
—Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
The Wizards led by as many as 14 points at one point, and capitalized on Severance miscues with 16 points off 16 turnovers.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
The Raptors were sloppy, too, making 15 miscues that led to 17 points for the Knicks.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
Mental mistakes, defensive miscues and a lack of urgency early in the game led to an 11-6 loss to the A’s on Saturday at Citi Field, the fourth straight for the Mets (7-8).
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
The Knicks built a five-point lead early in the second by capitalizing on a series of Nikola Vucevic miscues.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
The Guardians scored twice in the third inning on miscues by Yoshinobu Yamamoto and catcher Will Smith.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Over the years across Illinois, there has been a litany of agency miscues, blunders and downright neglect, including several in Lake County.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
There were defensive miscues, but William Nylander still looked like a player who can carry the offensive load for the Leafs the rest of the season.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Defensive miscues have allowed the Lions to surrender 11 goals in the opening three matches.
—Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
The Wizards led by as many as 14 points at one point, and capitalized on Severance miscues with 16 points off 16 turnovers.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
The Raptors were sloppy, too, making 15 miscues that led to 17 points for the Knicks.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscues
Noun
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Defensively, Lindor keeps making uncharacteristic mental mistakes, and the Mets don’t seem to have an answer for those either.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Ludvig Aberg swapped out some sloppy mistakes at the Masters with pure iron play at Harbour Town in warm, swirling wind that produced an 8-under 63 for a one-shot lead Thursday in the RBC Heritage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Home designer Allisa Jacobs wrote in a blog post that AI routinely misjudges the proportions and sizes of rooms and furniture, suggesting pieces that wouldn’t realistically fit in the space.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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But the Fed just kind of misjudges what's going on and pushes too hard on interest rates and pushes the economy in.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Arize tests and monitors RAG pipelines as well as the agents and applications built on them—debugging and hunting down errors and hallucinations.—
Erik German,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Marlins catcher Agustín Ramírez and first baseman Connor Norby made errors, raising Miami's NL-high total to 15 in 15 games.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Several real estate blunders exacerbated the situation.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Orioles pitchers made two defensive blunders Saturday, and the absence of an ABS challenge cost Ryan Helsley in the ninth inning of a gutting loss.—
Jacob Calvin Meyer,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Geillis, on her quest to install Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne, murders her husband as a blood sacrifice and walks through the stones.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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In 1971, a jury in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Gentleman thief Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven) circles the prize while Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) bungles the pursuit with sublime obliviousness.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Continue reading … FACT CHECK – Washington Post botches Israel-Gaza history leading to major correction.—
,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Miscues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscues. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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