Sentence examples for through an oversight from inspiring English sources

The phrase "through an oversight" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that someone has failed to do something that should have been done, usually unintentionally. For example, "I'm so sorry, I didn't get your order in time - it was through an oversight on my part."

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Through an oversight the guard did not awaken him and he was left behind.

Through an oversight by the CowParade people, Wilson was never notified about his namesake's existence.

It can only be through an oversight that Chantelle has not usurped Oliver Letwin as policy supremo.

An editor for the magazine said the document was not included in its report through "an oversight".

In recent months, the county has sought more input into the hospital's operations through an oversight committee.

It's possible that some versions of stories on the Web, which were updated quickly and constantly, omitted that reference through an oversight.

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Either through a misunderstanding or an oversight, Schlag did not include his initials in the design; they would not be added until 1966.

When it came to me, it seemed inevitable; in fact, like an oversight that, through some bizarre trick of the mind, I had actually written but simply forgotten to include in the manuscript.

I am sure it was only an oversight that got Chris Huhne through his piece without a mention of inheritance tax.

Incompetent or unethical judges can be weeded out through a nonpolitical oversight board.

They hope to get that accountability through a state oversight board.

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