How to Use misattribution in a Sentence

misattribution

noun
  • Shiller worries the same misattribution is underway now.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 27 June 2026
  • Wernicke says that's wrong—and that the misattribution has obscured something important.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Bloomberg went on to report that after contacting Phia about the issue, further testing of the site found that misattribution of sales had ceased.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This story was updated to correct the misattribution of an Alina Habba quote to Robbie Kaplan.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In practice, that threshold often delayed action, reinforcing cycles of normalization and misattribution.
    Sarah Berg, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026

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