defalcations

noun

plural of defalcation
as in embezzlements

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  1. misuses
  2. assumptions
Noun
  • Other policy changes include various refinements to its wording around other misuses of Claude AI.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
  • District Attorney Amy Wren said there were more than 25,000 misuses of official information.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of misuses
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  • After all, states like Georgia and Arizona were also once solidly red until break-out candidates—backed by party spending—upended those assumptions.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Given Abbey’s anxieties about spending money and fear of not having enough, Stacy plans to use very conservative assumptions for inflation, health costs and average returns when making her projections based on Abbey’s savings today.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of assumptions
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“Defalcations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defalcations. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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