as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
he dropped a brick that had his friends helpless with laughter
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Recent Examples of brick
But the real costume of the night is Jenna’s as Mel, Cher’s father, with the Zach Morris-style brick of a cell phone attached to her ear all night.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Here’s how the iconic toymaker reimagined its HR deployment, brick by brick.
—Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Designate a bin for LEGO bricks, another for action figures, one for large sets, and so on.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
The bricks are designed to be mass-produced to drive down costs for power plants.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Here’s how the iconic toymaker reimagined its HR deployment, brick by brick.
—Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Designate a bin for LEGO bricks, another for action figures, one for large sets, and so on.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
The bricks are designed to be mass-produced to drive down costs for power plants.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for brick
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brick
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The Sharks scored first at Madison Square Garden but couldn’t overcome their mistakes in the latter half of the second, allowing three unanswered goals in less than five minutes in a frustrating 3-2 loss to the Rangers in the third game of a four-game road trip.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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As the holiday season approaches, Jordan is turning his mistake into positive action by using his newfound notoriety to help drive donations to the Rocky Hill Human Services Food Bank, his police department said on social media.Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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There was also the larger error of anointing Harris without political competition — an insult to the democratic process that handed the nomination to a candidate who, as some of us warned at the time, was exceptionally weak.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Recent polling from the Free Press had indicated that Harris appeared to have a slight, 3-percentage-point lead on Trump in Michigan, though that was within the poll's 4-percentage-point margin of error.Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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The blunder not only allowed a run to score, but extended an inning that would eventually see the Dodgers erase a 5-0 deficit.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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The primary issues facing this company highlighted by Jana are capital misallocation, a series of operational blunders and corporate governance failings.Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Brick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brick. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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