be mistaken

Example Sentences

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A: I don't see it as imminent, but I could be mistaken, and that's where my hopes lies.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The store, which has been in business for seven years, could be mistaken for a neighborhood gift shop.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Paul Tudor Jones, the billionaire hedge-fund manager who founded Tudor Investment Corp. in 1980, thinks those investors would be mistaken.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

She worked alongside her degree, mainly doing bar-work - not to be mistaken with Bar work - and is a trained mixologist, an expert in making cocktails.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Dad says I must be mistaken, I just forgot where I put them—but I know Tedward was on my pillow; I sleep with him every night.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn