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error

[er-er] / ΛˆΙ›r Ι™r /


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The 2026 survey was based on some 19,200 face-to-face interviews carried out in 17 countries between May 7 and June 17, with a margin of error of 1 percent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Inflection appears to be a false start,” the analysts wrote, adding that the numbers may reflect a data error.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Hyperion failed in 2021 after human error and equipment failure flooded the plant, eventually pouring 17 million gallons of sewage into the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The president then caught his error, sort of: “Actually, that was yeah, Medinah, at Medinah, last year, Marion, this time of year.”

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Hooke pointed out the error and suggested that the correct orbit followed by the falling object, assuming it could pass through the solid Earth without resistance, would be a kind of shrinking ellipse.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

"The club's firm position is that, on multiple grounds, the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact and is unsafe," City said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“A lot of unforced errors, a lot of negative headlines,” Gates said of those decisions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

City have claimed the commission's decision contained "clear material errors, of law, principle and fact, and is unsafe".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

This can cause refractive errors such as myopia, better known as nearsightedness, in which distant objects appear blurry.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

What should we do about Warren Harding errors?

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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