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errand

[er-uhnd] / ˈɛr ənd /


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Attempting to adjust your gold exposure in response to external factors is most likely a fool’s errand.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Treat the grocery store less like a checklist errand and more like a treasure hunt.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

It’s a fool’s errand at this moment to guess where any of this turns out or which party ends up ahead in the remapping effort.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Trying to assign an exact reason to Bitcoin’s collapse can be a fool’s errand, but one risk increasingly cited by short sellers is the rise of quantum computing, S3 said.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

She also had a good-bye to say, and a long-overdue errand to run; as it happened, both tasks were accomplished on her very last afternoon in London.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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