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Recent Examples of slipup
Noun
The slipup occurred most frequently when patients who were signed up for Medicaid in one state moved to another state. Editorial, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025 The slipup has put the usually camera-ready Hegseth on his back foot. Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
Eventually the aliens will slip up and do something unhuman a little too nonchalantly. Bluesky Social, 22 Apr. 2025 Anyone can slip up for a second, which costs the other two the match. Lauren Coates, Variety, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slipup
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slipup
Noun
  • Playing in the first group, Wong birdied the second hole and made up for his lone mistake (a bogey on No. 3) with birdies at seven and 11 to maintain a slim lead.
    Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
  • Maybe teams won’t make the mistake the Avalanche did and move Rantanen too soon.
    Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • The stress of getting to your airport gate on time, coupled with the excitement of getting to your destination, can cause even the most seasoned of travelers to fumble at security checkpoints.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2025
  • For example, if an officer sees someone swerving, fumbling with items, or clearly not paying attention to the road, the interior light might factor into a citation for reckless or inattentive driving.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The show’s main blunder is that instead of unpacking the various angles of the mob bosses’ corruption, random side stories start popping up.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 May 2025
  • But the internal investigation promised by department leaders — a probe of what accounted for the delays and blunders — seemed to go nowhere.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • And then there are those, like Mia, who stumble on their birth families inadvertently.
    Barbara Demick, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
  • No one stumbled into creating a billion dollar company, gingerly broke a world record, or cautiously planned and lived their peak life.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Only one major-league third baseman, the San Diego Padres’ Manny Machado, has more errors than Muncy’s eight through his first 49 games of the season.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 27 May 2025
  • The poll of 1,136 Democrats carries a margin of error of plus or minus 2.89 percentage points.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • Pulliam saw the coyote emerge from the nearby woods and tried to distract it by throwing rocks, but tripped in the process.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 20 May 2025
  • The novelty of seeing string puppet rockers spin and levitate, often tripping and tumbling in stride to the delight of the audience, never gets old.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • As the professional in the room, that face is often screwed up in frustration when the camera isn’t rolling.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 18 May 2025
  • But in laymen's terms, given the huge number of emergency appeals about Trump administration policies, this could really screw up justices' summer.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • But Paige has been there, injuries fouling up her career, too.
    John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
  • This brings back the Bilas comment from long ago on fouling up two.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025

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“Slipup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slipup. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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