mistaken
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Ahmed: Honestly, every time I’m mistaken for Dev Patel, I’ll take the flowers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Still, any narrative that interest is cooling would be mistaken.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
My research had shown me that was egregiously mistaken.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
He’s arrested, based on the mistaken account of a witness, but soon released.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Nothing could hasten more the progress of these reflections & sentiments which are secretly undermining the institution which this mistaken zeal is laboring to secure agst. the most distant approach of danger.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing mistaken
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Power Suffix: -en
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