Sentence examples for attributed to a mistake from inspiring English sources

The name tweed is attributed to a mistake on the part of a London clerk who in 1826, when drafting an order or invoice for tweels, accidentally wrote tweeds, a name that quickly established itself.

Cause was attributed to "a mistake made in the Petco Park control room".

The character Allan Grey is named David Gray for the German release, which Dreyer attributed to a mistake.

The Federal Election Commission is questioning Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, for his use of campaign funds to pay for video games on 68 separate occasions — something the congressman is attributing to a mistake by his son, followed by several unauthorized charges.

The acting New Jersey health commissioner, George T. DiFerdinando Jr., said it was conceivable that the results of the Princeton anthrax tests could be attributed to a laboratory mistake or that the bin had traveled from Hamilton.

Over one-half of the errors in medicine stocks for the previous 3 months were attributed to an HSA mistake in reporting, such as misunderstanding the question, not calculating the 3-month period correctly, or forgetting stock-outs.

Unfortunately for Perry, the man he had been hanging out with was actually the maître d' of Mr. Chow's restaurant -- a mistake he attributed to a night of drinking.

STs incorrectly attributed to a geographic region either by mistake or by not taking into account the travel history of a patient [ 41] are easily identified by colored bars that are distinct from the surrounding vertical bars, indicating that they are genetically more similar to a different group, and providing further confidence in these results.

If he makes a mistake, it will be attributed to a throwing neurosis.

Typos are mistakes that can be attributed to a slip of the finger, like "teh" or "abuot".

The program did not air live, so every second was carefully edited by the Fox network and cannot be attributed to a 'mistake.'".