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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
Video analytics can be manipulated to misrepresent events or fabricate evidence.
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Jason Crawforth, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
What To Know The complaint centers on claims that Tesla and CEO Musk repeatedly misrepresented these systems as fully autonomous or nearly so, even though the technology remains incomplete.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Sadly, this claim misrepresents research, and this script (which is recited by a series of child narrators) will only contribute to the misinformation about child maltreatment that seems to be guiding public sentiment and public policy.
—Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Naomi Schaefer Riley, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
The scholars were joined last year by some of Bonhoeffer’s living relatives, who released a statement accusing Metaxas, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, of misrepresenting Bonhoeffer as a fundamentalist evangelical.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
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Jason Crawforth, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
What To Know The complaint centers on claims that Tesla and CEO Musk repeatedly misrepresented these systems as fully autonomous or nearly so, even though the technology remains incomplete.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Sadly, this claim misrepresents research, and this script (which is recited by a series of child narrators) will only contribute to the misinformation about child maltreatment that seems to be guiding public sentiment and public policy.
—Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Naomi Schaefer Riley, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
The scholars were joined last year by some of Bonhoeffer’s living relatives, who released a statement accusing Metaxas, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, of misrepresenting Bonhoeffer as a fundamentalist evangelical.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresent
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What’s reflected may still be distorted, but at least the mirror is now a little less foggy.—
Diana Spehar,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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By distorting Judaism to minimize, or even erase, the Jewish connection to Israel, JVP seeks to undermine one of the most sacred tenets of our faith and identity.—
Chai Posner,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2025
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Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by FBI agents last week, charged with obstruction of justice and concealing an individual to prevent an arrest.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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She was also charged with concealing an individual to prevent discovery and arrest.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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In this natural-color scene, thick smoke obscures the fire’s mark on the land below.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Molina writes in pulse-like scenes, and each vignette thickens the novel’s uneasy atmosphere, obscuring our conception of place and, eventually, our conception of what’s real.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Unfortunately, the cause of the odor is often hidden.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2025
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Liv is forced to break up with her human fiancé, Major (Robert Buckley) to avoid infecting him, and becomes estranged from her best friend and roommate Peyton (Aly Michalka), hiding her new zombie nature from both.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2025
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Also, sources have pointed out that any major funding initiative using taxpayer dollars would contradict the administration’s rhetoric on trimming the fat from the federal budget and bringing down the national debt.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 May 2025
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That involvement appears to contradict the Trump Organization's second-term ethics pledge, which permits foreign business deals but explicitly bars partnerships with foreign governments.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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The safety net of multiple chances to eliminate a team has repeatedly prompted a softness that belies their championship mettle.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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And yet, the lion’s share of the songs come with sticky hooks that build and progress in a way that belies their length.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Misrepresent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresent. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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