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erroneously

[ ih-roh-nee-uhs-lee, e-roh- ]

adverb

  1. incorrectly; wrongly:

    For years I recorded my birth date erroneously as July 1, until I discovered from my father’s diary that it was actually July 30.

  2. by mistake; unintentionally:

    I just posted these comments again because they were erroneously wiped out the first time due to a technical issue.



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  • ԴDz···Ա·dzܲ· adverb
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On March 15, the 29-year-old was erroneously included on a deportation flight to his native El Salvador for detention in its Terrorism Confinement Center, also known as CECOT, due to an admitted "administrative error."

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GPs have told the BBC that unreliable blood results, with erroneously high levels of potassium caused by processing delays, are a regular occurrence since Synnovis began the service.

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In a unanimous ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of the Maryland man who was erroneously deported to a prison in El Salvador.

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Contrary to the way several GOP subcommittee members erroneously characterized NPR and PBS, they are not “state media.”

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Now, she erroneously and disingenuously claims that “such leaks have become commonplace with no investigation or prosecution.”

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