as in to mistype
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Recent Examples of misclassify
Construction companies sometimes misclassify their employees as independent contractors.
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Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
In 2013, two corporate executives were ordered to spend four to six months in jail for falsifying records to misclassify their salaries as expenses under their employer's larger bribery and fraud scheme.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Under the policy, the Labor Department can take action against companies that misclassify their workers.
—Tony Romm, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
Labor advocates have supported the rule, saying employers have exploited lax rules to misclassify workers and avoid properly compensating them.
—Jonathan Mattise, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
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Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
In 2013, two corporate executives were ordered to spend four to six months in jail for falsifying records to misclassify their salaries as expenses under their employer's larger bribery and fraud scheme.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Under the policy, the Labor Department can take action against companies that misclassify their workers.
—Tony Romm, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
Labor advocates have supported the rule, saying employers have exploited lax rules to misclassify workers and avoid properly compensating them.
—Jonathan Mattise, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misclassify
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Attackers register domains nearly identical to popular sites, relying on users to mistype URLs.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Correction: Arkansas' team ERA was initially mistyped and has been corrected.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
7 Apr. 2025
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And this first effort by the Office of Management and Budget to ask Congress to rescind federal money lumped in public media with foreign aid — two areas the GOP base frequently holds up as priorities Washington needs to scale back or eliminate altogether.—
Deirdre Walsh,
NPR,
12 June 2025
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Earlier clinical trials lumped together people with all kinds of long COVID symptoms; now, researchers are increasingly stratifying patients by symptoms in the hopes of targeting specific biological pathways with their treatments.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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“Misclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misclassify. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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