typographical error
Example Sentences
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When asked for his memories of his time as a soldier it was not the battles that he served in which came to mind first, but an occasion when he made a "typographical error".
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2022
Because of a typographical error, President Biden was quoted as saying, “Vice President Harris is dead to me.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022
She said she would adopt the official’s proposed findings as final, though would fix a typographical error.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2022
Zúñiga, the water board engineer, said the original date was a typographical error and had nothing to do with comments from the city.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2021
To me it is quite evident that pilcher is a mere typographical error for pitcher, which, in this jocose, bantering speech, Mercutio substitutes for scabbard, else why are the ears mentioned?
From Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
