Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdescribed
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Following the revelation that Immigration and Customs Enforcement misrepresented its authority to arrest people in immigration court, Congressman Dan Goldman Friday demanded ICE and the Department of Homeland Security provide a full accounting of everyone swept up by the aggressive practice.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026 -
Attorney Abbe Lowell, representing the Fulton County officials, pushed back on the assertion that the omissions to the warrant application were minimal, arguing the FBI misrepresented key information.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Fall hopes the data will be useful for policymakers but also worries about them being misinterpreted.—
Lori Youmshajekian,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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One reason is that your words could come across differently depending on the person reading the message, so stick to using short sentences to avoid being misinterpreted.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Not access distorted by opaque algorithms and market forces that concentrate the power in the hands of the few.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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Lebohang Morake, the Grammy‑winning South African composer known professionally as Lebo M, is suing a comedian for $27 million, alleging a viral joke about the opening chant of The Lion King distorted the meaning of the song and damaged his life’s work.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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An earlier version of this story misstated which organization launched the field trip program.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The location of one of the Kobo Sessions was also misstated.—
Andrew Gilbert,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Mar. 2026
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Instead, Garcia, according to the indictment, falsified documents about his arrangements with a Chinese manufacturer of the hand sanitizer.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Ask whether the hypothesis, at least in principle, can be falsified.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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Their recipes are developed by veterinary nutritionists; plus, it's gently cooked and frozen to eliminate preservatives.—
Jessica Moore,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Salsa and cooked noodles past their expiration date were found in the cooler.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Bernardine Dohrn and Zayd Ayers Dohrn, disguised as Rose and Z, on a family road trip.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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Jeep boosted the donor vehicle’s ride height by two inches, equipped it with wider fender flares to accommodate its 33-inch all-terrain tires, and added a custom cooler disguised like an old Apple Macintosh Plus.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
27 Mar. 2026
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Hanson, who spends much of his life crawling through underbrush to count trees, plunged ahead into stands of chest-high ceanothus, pointing out sequoias camouflaged in the pervasive post-fire brush.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Finding frass on tomato leaves or the soil below your plants is sometimes easier than finding the green hornworm perfectly camouflaged among the green vines.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Misdescribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdescribed. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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