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incorrect

[in-kuh-rekt] / ˌɪn kəˈrɛkt /


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An automated healthcare agent that processes a routine prescription refill can’t afford to hallucinate so much as a single digit in a prescription number, lest the patient receive an incorrect medication with potentially harmful effects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Ashton Summers, an account director on OpenAI’s go-to-market team, got a customer note about incorrect billing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

But it would let markets focus on other things, instead of Fed statements and forward guidance, which are a best guess, and often incorrect, she added.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 21, 2026

Many students said the system had assigned incorrect grades or issued results to the wrong candidates.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

“You know how you cross out the incorrect letter and write the correct one above it? Have those corrected letters ever spelled out words?”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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