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as in to distort
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
this summary seriously misrepresents the general tone and substance of the speech
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as in to conceal
to give a misleading impression of
deliberately misrepresented the facts of the case
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Recent Examples of misrepresent
The Republic's look at county-specific numbers also adds clarity to patterns misrepresented in the ADHS report.
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Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Some scientists cited in the DOE's report have said their research was misrepresented or misused in the report.
—Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
The group’s president, Philip Guerin, the owner of Myxed Up Creations on East Colfax Avenue, said it has been misrepresented by supporters of the ban.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Carr said Monday that Democrats are distorting his comments and misrepresenting the work at the FCC.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
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Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Some scientists cited in the DOE's report have said their research was misrepresented or misused in the report.
—Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
The group’s president, Philip Guerin, the owner of Myxed Up Creations on East Colfax Avenue, said it has been misrepresented by supporters of the ban.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Carr said Monday that Democrats are distorting his comments and misrepresenting the work at the FCC.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresent
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As business leaders and economists begin to take concerns of an AI bubble more seriously, the proliferation of loose internet bots has become more alarming because of their potential to distort data key to assessing the sustainability and growth of emerging tech companies.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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The macula, part of the retina needed for sharp vision, may become distorted, causing blurry sight.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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Her open limbs dangle all over the velvet, her pubic triangle hardly concealed.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2025
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What begins as a crime caper morphs into an unexpected rom-com as Jeff spends more time with Leigh’s family and even joins her local church, all while concealing his real identity and living behind a display of bicycles at Leigh’s workplace.—
Keaton Bell,
Vogue,
11 Oct. 2025
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The department, run by State Superintendent Jill Underly, relies on a rudimentary system to track its investigations, obscuring the scale of misconduct for policymakers and the public.—
Danielle DuClos,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Instead, two wannabe criminals, with their faces obscured by pantyhose, simply walk into the local art museum and rip the paintings right off the walls.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
17 Oct. 2025
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Of course, the bags don’t actually hide anything; in fact, they are reserved specifically for, and definitively signal, the drinking of alcohol.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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The measure, which has failed to make it through the Legislature twice before, would require insurance companies to cover additional screenings, like an MRI, for women diagnosed with breast tissue that can hide cancer from traditional mammograms.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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But back into the office doesn't contradict hybrid.—
Ayesha Javed,
Time,
12 Oct. 2025
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The assessment contradicts Western conventional wisdom that Moscow has approached the conflict more as a meat grinder than with strategic nous.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Hall has an understated manner that belies her ability to catch people up in the gravitational pull of her mission.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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But Stowe was a more complicated figure than the sentimentalist label would belie, and her embrace of Brown’s actions has much to teach us about Christian nationalism and Stowe herself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Misrepresent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresent. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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