err

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Meta says Instagram's new alerts - stemming from its analysis of user search patterns - may occasionally alert parents when there is no cause for concern and will "err on the side of caution".

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Early childhood advocates in California tend to err on the side of limiting testing as well, Fuller said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

“The guidelines err in promoting meat and dairy products, which are principal drivers of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity,” Neal Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

“Because the IRS asks for enough information to be sent to ‘adequately disclose’ the gift, we usually advise our clients to err on the side of too much information.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 7, 2025

He found forty, of which he only really liked two: "rose rot” and "to err so.”

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green