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amiss

[uh-mis] / əˈmɪs /




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The numbers related to the Spirit acquisition signal something is amiss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Last week, there was no warning that anything was amiss when she left the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

A little bit of consumer cheer alongside the AI exhilaration wouldn’t go amiss.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

As for your husband’s IRAs, something is amiss.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

There was something amiss; Ophie knew it, but the dread in her chest shifted to bone-numbing fear, and she couldn’t stop to think about what was happening.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland




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