missteps

plural of misstep

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of missteps Boards appear less willing to tolerate underperformance or personal missteps, leading to a spike in changes at the top of some of the world’s biggest companies. Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025 Spring pointed to the company’s missteps last decade, as investors grew impatient with Macy’s and its middling performance. Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025 In organizations where risk-taking is discouraged, where missteps are punished, pilots rarely become more than prototypes. Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 Here’s my column on more Dolphins personnel missteps coming to light on Sunday. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025 Player missteps usually come back to coaches, who either recruit their own problems or allow those problems to fester. Matt Baker, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 The Legion Go 2 is a premium machine that improves on some of the Legion Go’s missteps while owning others of them to greater effect here. Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025 These were no youthful missteps corrected with time, but towering thinkers at the height of their powers overturning their own hard-won systems. Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025 Too many miscommunications, too many missteps. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missteps
Noun
  • The hitters can extend at-bats or, in the case of Guerrero and veteran George Springer, detonate mistakes.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Assisting guests to create memorable experiences through the years means Ali has also seen his fair share of requests that shed light on some of the biggest travel mistakes.
    Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some began adding more blunders to the list when the Blue Jays dropped two games at the Rogers Centre to begin the ALCS — when Schneider offered up more pitching changes for fans to debate.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Vrabel will dial up a defensive plan that backs Cam Ward into blunders.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Though Boston dealt with defensive issues, leading the league with 116 errors, the team clearly has a bright future.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Wolverines then made three consecutive hitting errors, essentially putting the set out of reach.
    Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Missteps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missteps. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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