mistake
Example Sentences
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A company spokesperson told the BBC after the Big Boss interview: "We made mistakes, we found those mistakes and have paid the money we owed, and we are ensuring those errors cannot happen again."
From BBC
“I remember going to Africa and I was going to be there for almost a year. I was number two on the call sheet and I was like, ‘I think somebody made a mistake.
From Los Angeles Times
The deletions and revisions are likely to deepen concerns over the LAFD’s ability to acknowledge its mistakes before and during its response to the blaze — and to avoid similar mistakes in the future.
From Los Angeles Times
Economist Milton Friedman put it best: “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.”
People will justifiably ask why the financial sector keeps making the same mistakes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
