mistake
Example Sentences
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The defining mistake of the past 40 years of retirement planning is treating Social Security as a guaranteed floor strong enough to anchor everything else.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Pratt’s first mistake was thinking that Angelenos wanted a campaign of wanton rage.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Then a costly mistake gifted them one more win—and brought their first championship in 53 years within reach.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
But it is a two-year tremor atop a 45-year trend that runs the other way, and the error nearly every commentator makes is to mistake the tremor for the trend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
I’ve made the mistake of missing his deadlines before, and he knocked on my door at one in the morning and made me get up to do the work.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Vocabulary lists containing mistake
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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"Indian Summer Sun" and "Almost Evenly Divided"
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