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- misconception
- misunderstanding
- misinterpretation
- misconstruction
- misreading
- misstatement
- misjudgment
- miscalculation
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In urging buyers and sellers to consider low-fee agents, the report exposes the misconceptions that lead consumers to accept current commission rates as reasonable and justified.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026 -
Despite some outsiders' ideas of the common Amish person's disposition, Bates dismisses any misconceptions about the way she was treated while living in the community.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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What started as a simple misunderstanding with my friend group escalated into the entire school turning against me.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
1 Feb. 2026
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There’s something comforting about returning to the films that made the genre so beloved in the first place, where misunderstandings feel harmless and happy endings are practically guaranteed.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
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Don’t allow for any misinterpretation.—
Anne Sugar,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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From Breaking Bad to Fight Club, the misinterpretation of media that skewers the male power fantasy is well established, and the long-gestating HBO sleeper hit Industry, now in its senior season, is no exception to the literacy crisis.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
19 Jan. 2026
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
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Previous research has revealed that misreading or overlooking emotional cues in dogs can lead to inappropriate handling, and even lead to animals getting stressed.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
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But this stems from a fatal misreading of Putin and his goals.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
3 Dec. 2025
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Due to misstatement by CoreWeave’s CEO, a prior version of this story had an incorrect figure for the number of data centers.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 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
Noun
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And no doubt this thinking won’t satisfy those many who feel this was an egregious misjudgment.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2026
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Ullrich stresses the role of tactical mistakes and misjudgments, not least by the far left, which shortsightedly refused to compromise its beliefs and join with more moderate groups to oppose democratic backsliding.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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Miller’s biggest miscalculation was thinking opponents would be frightened into submission and silence with his deportation blitzkrieg and ordinary Americans would join in.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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The former chief of the PLA’s Joint Staff Department had been the most effective point of contact for managing risks and preventing miscalculation, said the officials, who were speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss security matters.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Miscomprehension.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscomprehension. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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