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But if it miscalculates and raises rates too high or too fast, history suggests it could trigger a recession.

From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2018

OnePlus has scaled back the background-blurring effect, which helps to hide the errors when the camera miscalculates whether to blur or keep something in focus.

From The Verge • Nov. 20, 2017

Even when the team indisputably miscalculates, as when the Spurs signed Richard Jefferson to a high-dollar multiyear deal, the situation is dealt with quietly and efficiently.

From Slate • May 29, 2012

The risk inherent in all this, however, is that someone on either side miscalculates and triggers a full-blown conflict.

From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2012

If, accordingly, he miscalculates, he cannot save himself from serious loss as a smaller man might do by a prompt discovery of his error.

From Supply and Demand by Henderson, Hubert D.