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Meta says Instagram's new alerts - stemming from its analysis of user search patterns - may occasionally alert parents when there is no cause for concern and will "err on the side of caution".

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

With less than three weeks before the Sept. 8 opener at Detroit, McVay will err on the side of caution when it comes to his 36-year-old quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2024

“The E.C.B. will err on the side of caution,” said Oliver Rakau, chief German economist at Oxford Economics, because they are nervous about being wrong again on inflation, after previously underestimating its strength.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

"There is a growing risk that central banks will err on the side of caution by overtightening," Capital Economics economist Jennifer McKeown said.

From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2022

"I am of Ghaziyya: if she be in error, then I will err; And if Ghaziyya be guided right, I go right with her!" sang Durayd b.

From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold