How to Use human error in a Sentence

human error

noun
  • But the cool part about baseball, too, is there’s also human error.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The hospital group could not confirm if the false alarm was due to human error.
    — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Even the best washer and dryer are subject to human error.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2026
  • There was no fraud, just human error — which would soon be publicly confirmed through a hand count of the county’s ballots.
    — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Because many attacks stem from human error, train employees on safe mobile practices and how to spot threats.
    — Mike Rosen, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Accidents, human error, harsh weather, and actions during wartime are among the things that could send a ship to the bottom.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • With that many names to get through, human error could take away valuable seconds from a graduate's walk across the stage, Burch said.
    — Kendall Staton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2026
  • Not perfectly so—nothing in life is a completely sure bet, and human error can and has led to a handful of genuine tragedies.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • The investigation also ruled out human error and found no evidence of drones over the target line or of birds in its flight path.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • While your bag may be flagged as part of a random security measure, the majority of the time, it gets flagged due to human error.
    — Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The highly sophisticated system seems to stretch the limits of just how far human error can be reduced.
    — Matt Bradley, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Simple human error always posed some risk, but as science advanced those small risks were ever more mitigated.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • The statement did not appear to explain why, beyond possible human error, the records were marked as duplicative.
    — James Hill, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Ritchie said this creates a greater margin of human error because each ballot box requires a volunteer to monitor it.
    — Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Unlike past outages tied to infra or human error, these failures will stem from opaque AI decision paths.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • That all said, the age of the USS Nimitz and the ever-present problem of human error cannot be ruled out either.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
  • In the wake of Jaxon’s death, questions include whether systemic problems or human error contributed to the tragedy.
    — Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Although well-intentioned, human error is inevitable.
    — Robert Travieso, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Health insurers have argued that AI eliminates human error and bias and will save the health care system money.
    — Lauren Sausser, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Health insurers have argued that AI eliminates human error and bias and will save the health care system money.
    — Lauren Sausser, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Authorities say human error accounts for a little over 90% of crashes in the country.
    — ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • But the most fascinating story this year investigates the role of human error in accidents.
    — Maya Silver, Outside, 29 Sep. 2025
  • After a decade, the module is replaced rather than refueled on-site, drastically reducing the risks of leaks and human error.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But the company told Fortune the leak was a result of human error within its content management system.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Insurance companies would love it if this was due purely to human error, but there's much more to the story than poor seamanship, though there's a depressing amount of that these days.
    — New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Kurt's key takeaways Self-driving technology promises safer roads, fewer crashes and less human error.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • This is due to inevitable issues relating to mechanical faults, maintenance fatigue, and, of course, human error.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
  • This behavioral data is used to improve safety guidelines for industrial settings where human error carries high risks.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 June 2026

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