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amiss

[uh-mis] / əˈmɪs /




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Ensconced in an echo chamber, we run the risk of being the last to learn when something is amiss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

A cluster of cases 13 years ago was one of the first major signs that something was amiss.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

One morning in May 2024, Doris Suchet noticed something was amiss outside her flat in north Oxford.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Independent experts will be asked to look at what went amiss with LAUSD’s AI effort and helped plan next steps in the ongoing but stalled strategy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

A jubilant celebration was going on all around him; almost no one else had noticed anything amiss.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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