misspeaking

present participle of misspeak

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misspeaking
Verb
  • This report repeatedly misrepresents our efforts to empower parents and protect teens, misstating how our safety tools work and how millions of parents and teens are using them today.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement Friday that the 1st Circuit was misinterpreting the 14th Amendment.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Clever Hans, a German horse in the early 1900s, seemed able to do math—but was really responding to his trainer’s subtle cues, a classic case of misinterpreting performance.
    Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The settlement alleged that TFG Holding violated state consumer protection laws by misrepresenting the price consumers could expect to pay for products advertised on the company’s websites.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Evans also paid a $62,500 fine to the State of Colorado for misrepresenting the hand sanitizer.
    Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Other factors may also be distorting reports of public support for political violence.
    Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Still, another way to view it is that AI is the latest tool in humanity’s long history of shaping and distorting narratives.
    Big Think, Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mangan filed two reports regarding the incident which prosecutors accuse him of falsifying.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Flores faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of the civil rights charge and up to 20 years if convicted of falsifying a record in a federal investigation.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In footage shared on social media, verified by Reuters, the large bridge can be seen slanting to one side with people below.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Sun slanting through tree line.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Kennedy accused Monarez of fudging the reason she was dismissed.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This can be done daily, making the sensors timely and not subject to fudging or underreporting.
    Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The head of the World Food Program in Cuba, Etienne Labande, said 617 tons of rice, beans and cooking oil were ready for distribution on the island.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • For Kelce, charcoal brings him back to cooking with his family, playing sports and hanging with his friends in college.
    Emily Rella, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Misspeaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misspeaking. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.

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