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Their decision to relocate the company was a major misstep.
another misstep like that, and the company could go belly-up
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But officials noted that Jabbar made a crucial misstep by selecting explosive material designed to be set off by a detonator, and that using an electric match to set the explosives off instead was a sign of inexperience.
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Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Initial trust was low due to past leadership missteps.
—Ricky Muddimer, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Maybe the Raiders will get desperate, but signing one of these three would feel like a misstep.
—Tashan Reed, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Image Yet to chalk Ms. Harris’s loss up to sexism alone — and to the idea that women are held to a higher standard when seeking the White House — could also be a way of minimizing campaign missteps.
—Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Initial trust was low due to past leadership missteps.
—Ricky Muddimer, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Maybe the Raiders will get desperate, but signing one of these three would feel like a misstep.
—Tashan Reed, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Image Yet to chalk Ms. Harris’s loss up to sexism alone — and to the idea that women are held to a higher standard when seeking the White House — could also be a way of minimizing campaign missteps.
—Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Misstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misstep. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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misstep
noun
mis·step
(ˈ)mis-ˈstep 
1
: a wrong step
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