mistake
Example Sentences
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Yet ignoring the balance sheet can be a mistake: 78% of Americans now consider certain types of debt to be a deal-breaker when dating, the Achieve Center for Consumer Insights found in February.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Would it be a mistake to read this film as an allegory for what’s happening now in the world?
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
His mistake was to try to destroy a man whose greatest nemesis was himself, and that singular, burning focus of Mozart’s earned him immortality regardless of what his haters threw at him.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
Vincent Reinhart, chief economist at BNY Investments, agrees that the shift paved the way for the Fed’s mistake in thinking the inflation surge was merely the result of global supply chains breaking down.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
“Not your brother,” I apologize, cheeks stinging from my mistake.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing mistake
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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"Indian Summer Sun" and "Almost Evenly Divided"
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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
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