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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At least 15 million Americans still hold the erroneous view that cancer is contagious.
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Ricci's book tries to correct this erroneous view of ancient China.
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There were erroneous reports that the company had issued false statements.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As they contrasted expectations with reality they admitted exasperatedly that they had accepted the job based on erroneous perceptions.
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Instinct has become unfashionable because of its association with an erroneous theory of development.
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It is erroneous to believe that the decisions of one age should be binding upon another age.
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It would be erroneous to overstate this apprehension, for there was another aspect to the argument.
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People are scared and paranoid of erroneous information they got.
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Some parents attribute incorrect or erroneous motives, desires or ideas to their children.
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There are basically two ways of controlling erroneous data.
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We in the news media help to perpetuate the erroneous cliche.