In a sentence
Six example sentences with err, each labelled with its topic.
Even a careful pharmacist can err when two vials carry nearly identical labels, which is why a second check exists.
Medicine
The referee erred on the final possession, and the league admitted the next morning that the foul never happened.
Basketball
The recipe tester erred by listing tablespoons instead of teaspoons, and every reader who followed it produced inedible soup.
Cooking
The analyst erred by counting one shipment twice, and the forecast overstated revenue by a full quarter.
Finance
Early chroniclers erred on the year of the flood, and the mistake was copied faithfully for three centuries.
History
The script erred whenever a filename contained a space, quietly skipping the file instead of stopping.
Technology
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