How to Use error in a Sentence
error
noun
- The shortstop was charged with an error.
- I made an error in my calculations.
- They uncovered several errors in his report to the committee.
- The paper contains numerous spelling errors.
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This gives Georgia the largest room for error of any team in the FBS.
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Paul Myerberg,
USA TODAY,
7 Aug. 2023
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The Red Sox have committed 35 errors, tied for the fifth most in the majors.
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Julian McWilliams,
BostonGlobe.com,
31 May 2023
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The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 points.
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Eden Villalovas,
Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2023
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This is a game where the margin of error is not big enough for shenanigans like that.
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Matt Schubert,
The Denver Post,
28 Dec. 2024
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Poway’s first run came as the result of two Broncos errors in the fifth inning.
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Terry Monahan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2023
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Under the bill, the error reports would not be made public.
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Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Sep. 2023
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That is to say: choosing the perfect balm can be a trial-and-error process.
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Meg Donohue,
Town & Country,
22 Dec. 2022
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Biden’s two-point lead is within the poll’s margin of error.
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Dan Balz,
Washington Post,
22 June 2024
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Putting shame aside at the beach My decades-long exile from the sand now feels like an unforced error.
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Shelby Grad,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2024
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Check for errors Typos and misspelled words are a turnoff.
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Danielle Abril,
Washington Post,
27 July 2023
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The closing of the U.S. embassy in Caracas in March 2019 was a major error.
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William Neuman,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2023
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The poll has a margin of error of +/-4.4 percentage points.
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Alexandra Marquez,
NBC News,
18 July 2023
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Ask questions, go directly to the source and leave no room for error.
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Eugenia Last,
The Mercury News,
2 Apr. 2024
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The poll had a margin of error of 4.3 percentage points.
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Tribune News Service,
The Mercury News,
6 June 2024
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The ball took a big hop, hit him in the midsection, and resulted in his second error of the year.
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Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2024
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This can lead to some small errors that put the final value off a little bit.
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Rhett Allain,
WIRED,
24 Nov. 2023
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The margin for error in these elite matchups is small, and the Ravens are struggling to overcome their mistakes.
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Baltimore Sun Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Dec. 2024
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The paper also made at least one error in describing part of the book.
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Kelly Meyerhofer,
Journal Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2024
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Blade Carver broke a 3-3 tie with an RBI single, then two runs scored on a two-out error.
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Greg Riddle,
Dallas News,
29 Apr. 2023
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And then, just as the match seemed to be slipping away thanks in part to a slew of unforced errors, Gauff straightened out her strokes and pulled away.
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Howard Fendrich,
BostonGlobe.com,
3 Sep. 2023
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Most of the time, viruses with errors won’t work or be fit enough to continue to copy and survive.
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Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
11 June 2024
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This step will take some trial-and-error as the dials aren’t numbered.
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Jonathan Bender,
Popular Mechanics,
5 Oct. 2022
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The Reds, in addition to Steer’s throwing error that led to a run, cost themselves a run on the basepaths.
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Cincinnati Enquirer,
The Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2022
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But Boeing seemed to believe that pilot error had caused the crash.
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James Ross Gardner,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2023
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Due to a clerical error, Kelly was paid twice in both May and June 2022.
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Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com,
al,
25 Jan. 2023
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In the comments section, many users agreed that the hotel guest was in the right for calling out the receptionist’s multiple errors.
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Natalia Senanayake,
People.com,
2 Jan. 2025
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