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mess-ups

  • plural
    of mess-up.
    mess-up
    noun
    a blunder; state of confusion; mix-up.

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Given the current state of AI and agents’ high-profile mess-ups, Palantir’s slop focus isn’t ungrounded in facts.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

The new update still produced some single-word mess-ups, while the older software had more gibberish phrases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

No room for mess-ups, and if you do, the show must go on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

Also, make sure the money moves as directly as possible, avoiding any potential mess-ups that leave you with a withdrawal — and a tax nightmare — rather than a consolidation.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2021

Five pages of anger and mess-ups and erasures.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

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