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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I think we miscalculated how people would react to the scene.
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It is estimated that the IRS miscalculates interest charges 25% of the time.
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Sorry we're late -- we miscalculated how long it would take to get here.
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The city miscalculated the cost of earthquake repairs for the Bay Bridge.
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We have too many chairs. I must have miscalculated.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But they miscalculated by targeting popular entitlement programs.
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He miscalculated again in thinking that the majority of officers would support his cause.
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Many tournament organisers miscalculate entry levels with the result that adjacent areas are crowded together and the competitors' safety is imperilled.
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Ohka 33 would have had the endurance to permit a second or third attempt should the first death-dive have been miscalculated.
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The answer from Realists is that the leaders had either misperceived the situation or miscalculated what to do in it.
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Unfortunately, the difficulty of mustering the parade had been badly miscalculated and it was behind schedule.