clerical error
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Federal officials also ordered California’s Department of Motor Vehicles to cancel about 13,000 licenses due to a clerical error that allowed them to remain valid past a work permit’s expiration date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
On Monday, Rana refiled the lawsuit in New York state court, with his lawyer attributing the weeklong takedown to a clerical error.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Whether the tweet was a confession or a clerical error, travel experts say the advice on how to avoid surprise price jumps is a relic of a simpler internet.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026
In February, Canada's top court nullified the result over a clerical error involving a postal ballot by the federal election agency, Elections Canada.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
A clerical error early in the war, when food was still getting through to prisoners, had caused the Red Cross to ship them five hundred parcels every month instead of fifty.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
