mistakenly

Example Sentences

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The same week both citizens were held, administration officials spoke on a panel at a border security conference in Phoenix and downplayed and denied that citizens have been mistakenly detained.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

At the same time, building contractors have been quick to remove trees that stand in the way of construction, while debris removal crews have cut down living trees that they mistakenly identified as dead.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

I mistakenly thought that only happened if you booked through a third party.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Six US service members have also been killed there, while three US fighter jets have been mistakenly shot down by Kuwait's air defences.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Oddly for someone who had been rubbing shoulders with physicists for nearly twenty years, Weaver mistakenly described the beam in his diary as comprising 5-million-volt “electrons”—particles that were not in the cyclotrons inventory.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik