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by mistake
Idioms and Phrases
Erroneously, as in He took my coat by mistake . [c. 1700]Example Sentences
“We are pleased by the rapid compliance across the Department with the directive removing DEI content from all platforms. In the rare cases that content is removed — either deliberately or by mistake — that is out of the clearly outlined scope of the directive, we instruct the components and they correct the content so it recognizes our heroes for their dedicated service alongside their fellow Americans, period.â€
He used the foundation credit card instead of his personal one to buy the tires by mistake, he said, and purchased the gas because he was driving his personal car on foundation business.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has long received those health certificates from other states by mistake — the records are supposed to go to county public health departments — and, in recent years, made it a practice to immediately destroy them.
Kinnear is a lifelong Celtic fan, but they only became his team by mistake.
A woman from Newry said she felt "sickened" by communications from her local council after it demanded she return flood support money which it said was paid to her by mistake.
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