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Recent Examples of goof So far, these little goofs include, but are not limited to, momentarily laying off people who oversee the nuclear-weapons stockpile and cancelling Ebola-prevention measures. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025 The laidback energy resonated throughout the entire night, which featured minor goofs from Timothée Chalamet and Jessica Williams along with comical bits reuniting cast members from our favorite shows of the past. Brendan Le, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025 Despite its initial high price tag and a series of production and financial goofs, the car was well-received by many. Josh Max, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Someone casually mentions Vegas, and one chartered flight later, the gang is running around Sin City and treating $20k losses at casinos like a goof. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for goof
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Noun
  • Scott, whose lone major was 12 years ago at the Masters, didn’t make a mistake since a soft bogey on the opening hole and looked far younger than his 44 years down the stretch with brilliant iron play and enough putts for a 67, leaving him one shot behind.
    Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
  • Status threat, risk of irrelevance, and making mistakes are common barriers.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Other big moments in Trump’s presidency include the leak of U.S. military attack plans to Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, what was widely considered to be the first major blunder of his second term.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • By the 10th, all those blunders faded into the background of their third win in three tries since Posey’s shocking flurry of roster moves.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Many small business workers may not have digital access or face language barriers when missing paperwork or tech errors can result in automatic loss of coverage.
    Rhett Buttle, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • That poll surveyed 658 Virginia residents between May 12 and May 19, and has a weighted margin of error of 5.25 percent.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.
    Drew Broussard May 22, Literary Hub, 22 May 2025
  • Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.
    Caroline Downey, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Goof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goof. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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