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Recent Examples of screwup
Noun
Then there’s Uber, whose data quality controls missed an accounting screwup that cost it $45 million in back pay for drivers. Bynick Rockel, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024 Similar screwups would occur again and again over the years, with each side perennially overinterpreting the other’s behavior while explaining away its own. Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Verb
Of course, if CDPR screws up again gamers might not be so lenient. Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024 Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, ‘The Little Drummer Boy’ There really aren’t many ways to screw up a straightforward ballad that needs only a rolling snare drum as required instrumentation, but leave it to the Simpson sisters circa 2004 to burn it all down. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for screwup 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screwup
Noun
  • Here are five wellness mistakes companies must unlearn to build a stronger workforce in 2025.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • That portrays the Court as an institution that has made historic mistakes on citizenship and need not be trusted as the sole authority on the meaning of the Constitution.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Rage at being forced to negotiate with the butchers responsible for the October 7 massacre.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Like: special cuts from the butcher, a deviation at the deli, a steamed filet from the fishmonger.
    Miami Herald File, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • My manuscript was finally being read by editors, who responded with almost-wins — an overtime pass, fumbled.
    Tara Dorabji, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Gone are the days of fumbling with cords and adapters—this smart board simplifies connectivity to keep your focus on what matters most.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Eagles defense also uncharacteristically blew several coverages in Week 16, including on two of Daniels’ five touchdown passes.
    Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Is this a lot of hocus pocus or a computational paradigm that might blow current capabilities out of the water and make NVDA look like, well, Intel of prior years?
    Vineer Bhansali, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The blunder occurred during the triple toss-up round on Thursday, January 16.
    Aaron Rasmussen, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Scientists have long known that DNA-copying systems make the occasional blunder—that’s how cancers often start—but only in recent years has technology been sensitive enough to catalog every genetic booboo.
    Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Both players refused to release the ball in an epic battle for possession, the players stumbling toward the TCU student section.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Matthias Schmidt, founder of Schmidt Automotive Research, said BYD’s plans for Germany have stumbled as EV sales slumped after government incentives were removed.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • While that’s still below 1% of all luggage handled, try explaining that statistic to the family whose weekend away with the kids has been ruined by lost luggage.
    Duncan Madden, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Sign up » Nonfiction In the past fifteen years, an avalanche of literature has been published about how technology has ruined our attention spans.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The German hit 12 unforced errors in the set as too many of his forehands skewed off his racket at the wrong angle and out of the court.
    Issy Ronald, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Keys broke three times in the first set, helped in part by Sabalenka’s four double-faults and 13 total unforced errors.
    Howard Fendrich, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025

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“Screwup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screwup. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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