incorrect

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After this, Cembalest turned his attention to rebutting a widely believed yet, according to him, incorrect idea pertaining to how the spike in energy prices caused by the war might redound on the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Such assessments rely on incomplete information or are outright incorrect, a spokesman for Iran’s military joint command told a state-run broadcaster, according to The Wall Street Journal External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Wells Fargo said that the analysis’s characterization of banks financing of such companies as strictly loans was incorrect, since numbers in the analysis include commitments by credit facilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

The predictive text is supposed to learn your style and improve over time, but depending on the fixes you do or don’t accept, it can learn incorrect spellings in place of correct ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Using one of her dad’s purple editing pencils, she corrected the misspellings like he did, marking through the incorrect letter and writing the correct one above.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman