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or peccadillos
as in crimes
a small mistake or fault that is not regarded as very bad or serious
His political career was marked by numerous peccadillos, but no huge scandals.
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Recent Examples of peccadilloes
There are, of course, peccadilloes in any minor-league park.
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Levi Weaver, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Levi Weaver, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peccadilloes
Noun
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Sarsour has denied committing those crimes.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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The case marks the first for Hochman’s new Business Tax Fraud Unit, established to investigate financial crimes involving business tax evasion, payroll tax fraud, falsified business records and underground economy schemes.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
Noun
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The danger of hallucinations means health officials must tread with caution, given the outsized impact that errors could have in the response to a public emergency.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
12 June 2026
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The model writes the code, runs the tests, reads the errors, fixes the code, runs the tests again, and reports back when something is shipped.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Advocation means being a champion who can explain a associate’s contribution in a fashion that makes defending their occasional foibles and failures unnecessary.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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But Tom came in, offering a completely different personality with his own pluses, minuses and foibles.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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“Peccadilloes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peccadilloes. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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