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RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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To make a mistake or depart from an accepted standard.

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err

Even a careful reader can err when the instructions are ambiguous.
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When a student newsletter printed the wrong room for a poetry reading, its editor chose to acknowledge the mistake as soon as a reader contacted her. She explained that even careful editors can err, but she did not use that general truth to dismiss the inconvenience.
From Owning a Preventable Mistake.
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