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err
verb as in make a mistake; do wrong
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Now there is a trend to err on the side of caution.
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Many people living outside the evacuation zone in Fukushima decided to err on the side of caution, too.
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Markets erred when they gave America Online the currency to buy Time Warner.
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Leaders’ first instinct was to err on the side of caution.
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In a private staff meeting Wednesday, Mr. Roberts recognized he had erred with his no-enemies-to-the-right talk.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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