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595 examples of Error in a sentence
But the police made an elementary
error
that revealed the set-up: after supposedly receiving an anonymous tip about Ahmet A. (a pseudonym), they mistakenly searched Ahmet B.’s home – and yet somehow found the incriminating files among B.’s possessions.
And, although this is the most severe precipitation to hit the region since 1911, the flooding was also the result of human error: the irresponsible and unplanned urbanization that has transformed India in recent decades.
If we see Chennai as a one-off event, an “act of God” rather than an
error
of Man, further disasters will be unavoidable.
Only later did he come to realize his terrible
error.
But to embrace it would be a grave strategic
error.
Because of this, Americans can’t afford to take even the minutest of chances with their ports – the consequences of
error
being too staggering to contemplate.
Unfortunately, the authorities do not have much margin for
error
in working to counteract the damage done by the international crisis.
On the Republican side, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are within the margin of polling
error
of each other in both Iowa and New Hampshire, which votes eight days later.
Indeed, the big US
error
after 9/11 was to treat Pakistan as if it were an ally.
They have no margin for error, so they need to increase their chances of producing a crop.
Nowadays, some economists seem to believe that pointing out a single factual
error
(out of more than 20 statements of fact) invalidates an entire argument.
The problem is not individual
error.
So the regime is making a fatal
error
if it thinks that its old diversionary tactics will continue to provide it with immunity.
The Fed committed the most egregious
error
of all.
This is the case of the United Kingdom, which has been asked to pay an additional contribution to the EU budget of about €2 billion ($2.5 billion, which amounts to a rounding
error
of the UK’s own budget).
We should not invert the
error
and conclude that greater equality and better economic performance always go together.
Although policy has since shifted to reflect supply-side economics and real business-cycle theory, the new reigning paradigm’s builders and promoters display the same antipathy to checking data for serious
error.
The Manufacturing FallacyNEW YORK – Economists long ago put to rest the
error
that Adam Smith made when he argued that manufacturing should be given primacy in a country’s economy.
Even if he did not know about the trade, Hildebrand committed an
error
of judgment in not reversing the transaction immediately.
Indeed, while the current government has acceded to US deployment plans, it has also attempted to appease Okinawans by conducting its own inquiries into recent accidents (which ultimately supported the Pentagon’s findings of pilot error) and insisting that it will persuade the US government to respect their needs.
Gandhi believed in “weaning an opponent from
error
by patience, sympathy, and self-suffering.”
But my personal hunch is that the Franco-German proposal is based on a fundamental
error
of judgment.
Neuralink serves this goal, too, because Musk is among those who believe that to build a machine smarter than yourself is, as Nick Bostrom, the author of Superintelligence, puts it, “a basic Darwinian error.”
The latest error, as with most of the earlier ones, stemmed from wishful thinking – and, once again, it is Greece that has broken the reverie.
It seems to be in our nature to look for stories about sin and retribution, crime and punishment,
error
and comeuppance.
The ECB’s margin for
error
is much narrower—the support of its constituents less deep.
The Americans and Europeans committed a major
error
in conspiring to destroy the Fatah-Hamas national unity government, which was created largely thanks to the diplomacy of Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries.
Politics is also about trial and
error.
In the US, this is most apparent in changing attitudes toward medical-malpractice lawsuits, with libertarians no longer viewing the court system as the preferred arena to deal with medical risk and
error.
As we grapple with our joint water future, we will face a time of trial and
error
in finding workable solutions.
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