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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdescribe
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The concept is that everything (except salads and sauces) is cooked using the open fire pit at the centre of the circle, where the chef spends the entire evening.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026 -
As soon as those words came out of the Rachel Maddow-glasses-wearing CEO's mouth, she was cooked.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Portraying New York state and the company as partners in a fraud on the public, the lawsuit said that the company and New York officials repeatedly misrepresented when the company's contract would begin, causing severe disruptions to patient care statewide.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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They may have been misrepresented.—
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Correction, June 9 The original version of this story misstated where Al Qubaisi was born.—
Tashan Reed,
Time,
9 June 2026
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An earlier version misstated the month.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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She was sentenced in October 2014 to 15 months in prison after striking a deal with prosecutors and agreeing to plead guilty to mail, wire and bank fraud for falsifying statements on loan applications.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Manchester Police The Supreme Court affirmed Montgomery's convictions for assault, falsifying physical evidence, witness tampering, and abuse of a corpse.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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The health secretary also appeared to misspeak at the meeting, saying two people had died of the disease.—
DEVI SHASTRI AND AMANDA SEITZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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These leaders don’t merely lie or misspeak or make light of life and death.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2024
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The new result provides an essential warning—without a better theoretical grasp of what happens inside lead, future precision experiments could misinterpret their data.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Dec. 2025
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Danielson argued that the scene was misused and misinterpreted, by Salamon and others, in an effort to portray Danielson as a victim of Ziz’s abuse — a characterization Danielson strongly rejected.—
Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
2 Dec. 2025
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This lyrical collection from B Batchelor—a 2025 Haymarket Writing Freedom Fellow, and a recipient of multiple awards from PEN America—explores the way incarceration distorts time.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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But the result drew criticism online, with viewers saying the technology distorted the former Spurs star's facial features.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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This could be because the natural activity of supermassive black holes and the emissions that come from the accretion disk around them can camouflage TDEs.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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When asked about this tactic, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said that the agency believes its employees are not camouflaging their identities.—
NPR,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Misdescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdescribe. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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