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- misconception
- misunderstanding
- misinterpretation
- misconstruction
- misreading
- misstatement
- misjudgment
- miscalculation
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What is the biggest misconception consumers have about sustainability in fashion/accessories?—
Lauren Parker,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Sep. 2025 -
Though common misconceptions dictate children with no siblings are lonely, spoiled or socially awkward, a review of more than 100 related studies shows that’s not the case.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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The slipperiness becomes a source of misunderstanding when a cat is caught up a tree.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Nevertheless, an element of confusion or misunderstanding is likely, especially about family or real estate.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
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Some conservative Protestants have claimed over the years that LDS Church members are not actual Christians, claims its members said are rooted in misinterpretations of their faith.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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However, today these are the very areas that are subject to confusion, misinterpretation and possible deceit.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Counsel should try to foresee and prevent any misconstruction.—
Joshua Stein,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Ohanian used his misconstruction of employment figures as the basis for a wide-ranging critique of California economic policy, mostly citing how the high cost of living drives people out of the state.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Trump’s misreading of Russia has cost Ukraine.—
Jonathan Easley,
The Hill,
9 Sep. 2025
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Call it a valiant, optimistic, perhaps even a calamitous misreading.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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One study — admittedly small and enabled by the hack of affair-arranging app Ashley Madison in 2015 — found that companies whose CEOs or CFOs were paying users of the site were twice as likely to have had a financial misstatement or involvement in a securities class action.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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So, this mass misstatement is no help to those erstwhile interstellar explorers.—
Don Lincoln,
Big Think,
29 Aug. 2025
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Torsten Sløk, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, said forecasts of an imminent slowdown have been repeatedly wrong, and the economics profession should start grappling with its track record of misjudgments.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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More concerning for the Seahawks than Macdonald’s misjudgment was the fact that Charbonnet’s run wasn’t close to being successful.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is a spectacular miscalculation, but perhaps an understandable one for a young, first-time feature director.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Sep. 2025
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But this has proved a miscalculation.—
Koray Köse,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Miscomprehension.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscomprehension. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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