error
Example Sentences
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The high court acknowledged this, but accepted that the junior civil judge had made the error in "good faith" and went on to agree with the trial court's decision anyway.
From BBC
Scientists are looking to cut back on error frequency and scale up to larger systems before quantum computers break out of the laboratory environment.
From Barron's
Systems that reward honesty and open error correction get stronger.
In rare cases they can overrule the results of an assessment if they still have concerns about a player's performance in it or there was an error in administering it.
From BBC
“The margin of error would almost disappear if we didn’t have to rely so much on a Glitcher’s intuition. Which I hear you have a particular knack for, Cadet Fitz.”
From Literature
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