misstep

Example Sentences

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Critics say the prime minister has swerved from one policy misstep to another during his 22 months at the helm.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

There wasn’t one misstep or a single failure that led to the tragedy that will forever haunt Frank Perez.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Dresser wrote that Anthropic has made a “strategic misstep to not acquire enough compute,” adding that “the market is ours to win, let’s execute accordingly.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Apple's "butterfly" keyboard design - a mechanism introduced in 2015 for laptop keyboards - was a "rare misstep in reliability", said Pickerell.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

They went very slowly, for Robin’s crutches tapped an alarm when he made haste, and the least misstep would have sent him clattering down.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli