clerical error
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A spokesman for Kliksberg said he inadvertently received the abatement because of a clerical error.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Federal officials also ordered California’s Department of Motor Vehicles to cancel about 13,000 licenses due to a clerical error that allowed them to remain valid past a work permit’s expiration date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Whether the tweet was a confession or a clerical error, travel experts say the advice on how to avoid surprise price jumps is a relic of a simpler internet.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026
Legal experts said that having more than one primary-residence mortgage can sometimes be legitimate, like when someone has to move for a new job, and other times can be caused by clerical error.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025
A clerical error early in the war, when food was still getting through to prisoners, had caused the Red Cross to ship them five hundred parcels every month instead of fifty.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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