as in incorrectly
in a mistaken or inappropriate way
dressed unsuitably for the unexpectedly cold weather
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Amid communication snafus, some residents were incorrectly told their lights were back on.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026 -
Missing a filing deadline, incorrectly valuing an asset or failing to list a creditor could result in your case being dismissed or losing property.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Rasmus Dahlin was battling for possession, so Krebs mistakenly thought the Sabres might get the puck back.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Also, warehouse giant Costco is recalling a beignet bakery item that was mistakenly packaged as one item but contains another and is mislabeled.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth survived a near miss last year after a group of high-level national-security officials erroneously added The Atlantic’s editor in chief to a private Signal group chat, where Hegseth shared military attack plans.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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Zagorac’s arrest record was expunged erroneously from the FBI National Crime Information Center computer in 2009, according to the Post-Tribune, after defense attorney Christopher Schmidgall filed a petition for the expungement.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Accused by multiple families of inappropriately touching children, he was sentenced to probation on a forgery charge in 2022.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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While working as a substitute teacher at Edison Elementary School in Hammond in 2005, Zagorac was charged with child molestation for allegedly touching an 8-year-old boy inappropriately two years earlier, according to the Post-Tribune.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Groundhog Day is a tradition in both the United States and Canada where a groundhog comes out of its burrow and — usually inaccurately, especially in Phil’s case — predicts when winter will end.—
David Matthews,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Structural alpha occurs when the market inaccurately prices the change itself.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Unsuitably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsuitably. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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