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mistakenly

[mi-stay-kuhn-lee] / mɪˈsteɪ kən li /
ADVERB
wrongly
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But Olly - who has dealt with these before when he has mistakenly posted copyrighted material - says they are usually easy to deal with, and "you can easily tell the difference".

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Last week, my Oura ring mistakenly logged a two-hour binge-watching session as time asleep because I was lying motionless in bed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Oftentimes in cases such as this, it turns out folks mistakenly registered when, for example, getting a driver’s license.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the joints.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

Psi subjects 3285 and 5312, who were taken from camp boundaries at approximately 03:34 by a Children’s League operative, are now believed to have been mistakenly identified as Green upon their initial classification....”’

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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