Sentence examples for outcome wrong from inspiring English sources

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Polls predicting primary-election results get the outcome wrong because of low turnout, the near impossibility of determining accurately who will and will not vote, and the extreme volatility that sometimes occurs after interviews have been completed.

Both Lawro and MOTD commentator Guy Mowbray pick up an extra point this week after correctly predicting the result of Wednesday's rearranged game between Arsenal and West Ham, but his other Boxing Day opponent Marco Gabbiadini got the outcome wrong.

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With televised political debates, it's a useful rule of thumb that the media generally call the outcomes wrong.

Independent of the outcome itself, wrong positive as well as wrong negative results may be the consequence and the experimental work and the money invested will be wasted.

None of this is to say that Dennett's preferred outcome is wrong.

Farage's mood too was rising against that of his City friends who had called the outcome spectacularly wrong.

But if the outcome is wrong — no matter why — an audit should guarantee a large known chance of correcting the outcome.

In addition to things like bribery and fraud, the law allows the judge to accept "any other cause or allegation" that proves the outcome was wrong.

Ladbrokes has admitted that betting markets got the EU referendum outcome completely wrong and will have to "face up to some tough questions".

“Risk-limiting audits” (RLAs), developed in 2007, guarantee that if the outcome is wrong, there is a large chance that the audit will correct the record before the results are official.

"Risk-limiting audits" (RLAs), developed in 2007, guarantee that if the outcome is wrong, there is a large chance that the audit will correct the record before the results are official.

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