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• Wahl said the fundraising amounts were filed in error and pledged to amend the disclosures.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
• The Island Packet spoke to Smalls, who said the box was likely checked in error.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• Please disregard this email as it was sent out in error.
  — Taesik Yoon, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• One reason for the high rate of audits is that people often claim the credit in error.
  — Kristen Doerer, ProPublica, 17 Feb. 2023
• The developer said the filing was in error and the apartments will cost $60 million.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• The developer said the filing was in error and the apartments will cost $60 million.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• The emails were sent in error, as these applications haven’t even been reviewed yet.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2022
• Lester, 84, shot the 16-year-old after the teen knocked on his door in error while looking to pick up his younger siblings at a friend's address on Thursday.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
• Lester, 84, shot the 16-year-old after the teen knocked on his door in error while looking to pick up his younger siblings at a friend's address on Thursday.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
• Schwartz didn’t realize the plot was in error until the fandom erupted.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2023
• But, according to the U.S. Department of Education and the loan provider, the message was sent in error.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 19 Aug. 2022
• Bizarrely, the video had been age-restricted roughly one week ago, only for YouTube to relent to the creator's appeal and claim that the restriction had been placed in error.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2022
• The messages were apparently sent in error to the families’ lawyers by Mr. Jones’s legal team.
  — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022
• McDuffie’s cousin said he was not involved with the business, and the company in question later said his name was included in error.
  — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2021
• An earlier version of this story stated, in error, that the minimum age for new state troopers was raised.
  — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2023
• Fury was then quoted telling other news outlets that the North Korean leader was mentioned in error.
  — Mallory Moench, TIME, 5 May 2024
• The researchers also found that there was no significant difference in error rate between the two modes.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Nov. 2023
• Even small reductions in error have a big impact when models receive millions of requests per day.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2023
• In doing so, the City approved the language in error before the developer fabricated the sign.
  — Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
• An earlier version of this story stated, in error, that Jeff Crossman voted for House Bill 6.
  — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
• It will be paid by innocents killed in error by U.S. government forces that lack an accurate picture of their targets.
  — Benjamin Schwartz, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2021
• The teen, who is recovering at home from two gunshot wounds, rang Lester’s doorbell late Thursday in error after showing up to the wrong address to pick up his younger siblings from a friend’s house.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
• The teen, who is recovering at home from two gunshot wounds, rang Lester’s doorbell late Thursday in error after showing up to the wrong address to pick up his younger siblings from a friend’s house.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
• If the account was moderated in error or the streamer doesn't see any issue with the flagged user's messages, the flagged user can be unbanned and brought back into public chat.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2021
• Fury was also quoted telling other news outlets that the North Korean leader was mentioned in error.
  — Mallory Moench, TIME, 5 May 2024
• The story was updated from a previous draft of the present story, which was originally posted in error.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2023
• The incident was one of a number of shootings at the time involving young people being met with gunfire after apparently going to a place in error.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
• Supporters of the efforts in Washington and Multnomah counties say Erwin ruled in error.
  — oregonlive, 5 Dec. 2022
• The investigation is looking specifically at how many customers' bills were in error, what those errors were, how many bills have been corrected and how many bills are still wrong.
  — Andrew Moreau, Arkansas Online, 12 July 2023
• The reasoning is that while people should be able to rely on the assurances and commitments of public officials, a public official cannot, in error, allow something forbidden.
  — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024