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error

[er-er] / ˈɛr ər /


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The war could lead to little more than a rounding error if the strait reopens soon, according to a new paper from the Dallas Fed External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Jefferies’s Lucas Ferhani expects the balance sheet to withstand the weaker free-cash-flow near term, but said that the margin of error is getting increasingly small for the French group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The Dodgers won it in the 11th on that incredible throwing error by Phillies’ reliever Orion Kerkering and the rest is shiny blue history.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Yet it was not a clear and obvious error to give a foul, so a soft free-kick became a penalty by default.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Mutations occur when DNA is damaged by chemicals or X-rays, or when the DNA replication enzyme makes a spontaneous error in copying genes.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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