The phrase "a blatant error" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a mistake that is obvious and easily noticeable.
Example: "The report contained a blatant error in the calculations that could not be overlooked."
Alternatives: "an obvious mistake" or "a glaring error."
He made a blatant error and he has never done that before.
The second issue was a blatant error concerning glaciers that appeared in a major IPCC report.
In his written response, Mr. Chisick called the ruling "incorrect" and "a blatant error".
Not every driver makes quite such a blatant error, but there's considerable evidence that earnings are low after accounting for expenses, and drivers don't necessarily realize that.
✒ If you write the Radio Times's letter of the week, you win a digital radio in patriotic colours, retail value £149 – and it appears you can still win even if the letter contains a blatant error.
Faced with questions from the local news media over whether officials made a blatant error, Dr. James Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety, responded, "We've got a new illness with very little understood about it, a lot of trouble diagnosing it and a lot of confusion over who has to do what".
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said: "Although the DRS improves correct umpire decisions by around 5% and corrects any blatant errors, there are some who are not convinced by its reliability.
Alford's evidence seemed to show there was, at best, an honest but blatant error regarding the hand bones, but he felt the Sheriff's Department was always unwilling to engage with him.
It really takes me out of a story when there's some blatant error, and I didn't want that to happen to my readers … And if you actually pay attention to all the science and all the detail, it ends up providing you with plot points, and that's really cool.
In the absence of outright fraud, plagiarism, or blatant error, editors have to make difficult judgment calls about a decision that can bring both promising lines of research and ascending careers crashing down.
So much for the AP's "blatant error".
