misclassify

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Recent Examples of misclassify 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 The Labor Department said the rule would boost enforcement against businesses that misclassify workers as contractors to save money. Harold Maass, theweek, 10 Jan. 2024 Labor advocates have supported the rule, saying employers have exploited lax rules to misclassify workers and avoid properly compensating them. David Hamilton, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences 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
  • Correction: Arkansas' team ERA was initially mistyped and has been corrected.
    Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • As recalls have been announced, Cybertruck sales have seemingly slumped, as Tesla obscured the true figures by lumping numbers in with sales of Model X and Model S, MotorTrend reported.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Even his earlier films that get lumped in with exploitation movies, like The Last House on the Left (1972) and The Hills Have Eyes (1977) confront America’s policies and role in Vietnam and nuclear proliferation.
    Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Misclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misclassify. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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