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“Aired” or “Erred”

aired / erred are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

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aired EH·r·d

  • verbbe broadcast.
  • verbbroadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television.
  • verbexpose to warm or heated air, so as to dry.
  • adjectiveopen to or abounding in fresh air.

erred EH·r·d

  • verbto make a mistake or be incorrect.
Usage

Examples in context

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“aired”

  • It aired in Japan on cable channel…
  • CTV's Canada AM, which has aired since 1975, is the sole…
  • …the time); usually these programs aired as supplements to network-supplied evening…
  • The series aired on the Seven Network in…
  • …program's last new episode was aired on June 3, 2011.
  • …the first radio soap opera aired in Sierra Leone.
  • It aired on December 1, 2006.
  • …directed by Son Moon-kwon, it aired on SBS from January 23…
  • …the first radio soap opera aired in Sierra Leone.
  • The National, which has aired on CBC Television since 1954,…

“erred”

  • …grounds that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the…
  • …that the Court of Appeals erred in not vacating his conviction…
  • …Dodd maintained that Louisiana seriously erred when it rejected a compromise…
  • Reynaud had erred, however, by conflating opposition to…
  • …Powell and Four Square had erred.
  • …according to biographer Marc Eliot erred on the obsessive prior to…
  • …was proved that he had erred in spirit and in doctrine,…

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