in error
Example Sentences
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The DMV also found that some 7,000 cancellations had been issued in error.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
She said that the Navy precision-flyer was shaken up by a clearly dangerous maneuver that he made in error.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
She later discovered the Met had sent handwritten notes of her account, as well as her address, contact number and date of birth to another alleged victim who lived in Australia in error.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Those who felt a judge had ruled in error could appeal, she added.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The elegance and grandeur of the theory, however, persuaded him that the observations must be in error, a conclusion drawn when the observations are unobliging by many other theorists in the history of science.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
