miscalculation

Example Sentences

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More than ever there is a strong risk of misperception and miscalculation of intentions and consequences.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

The result of this miscalculation may very well be catastrophic.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Instead, it looks like an expensive strategic miscalculation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Still, in pursuing their asymmetric strategy, Tehran’s commanders made one miscalculation.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Earlier that evening my friend Yossel and I had carried an elderly woman on a stretcher to the ghetto infirmary, but we had made a dangerous miscalculation.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson