as in misstatement
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Noun
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Counsel should try to foresee and prevent any misconstruction.—
Joshua Stein,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025 -
Counsel should try to foresee and prevent any misconstruction.—
Joshua Stein,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Standardized coding is crucial for accurate data interpretation, but inconsistent or incorrect coding can lead to misinterpretation and hinder clinical decision making.—
Heather Cox,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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But this reaction stemmed from a fundamental misinterpretation.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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However, after a misunderstanding possibly stemming from his hat, a spear was thrown which was then met by musketfire, luckily ending in no deaths, according to Powell.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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This shared misunderstanding can lead to no one offering support, leaving the friend feeling unnoticed and unsupported.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Inconsistent Data Integrity Because of the name ‘artificial intelligence,’ there is a common misconception that AI is capable of original thought.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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And there's a (misconception) that these Pop Artists were having fun and being clever and not showing their soul.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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But comfort didn't save him from one of the biggest miscalculations of his career.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Weakening the university-defense research partnership is a strategic miscalculation with far-reaching consequences.—
Sarah Kreps,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Apr. 2025
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Revealing unverified or incomplete information could hurt investigations, prejudice prosecutions, violate privacy or create misimpressions, according to the agency.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
5 June 2023
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For roughly four hours, the hearing played out as a fusillade of statistics, impressions and misimpressions, as Republicans argued that New York was a hellscape of unchecked violence and chaos — viral videos of which were shown on local news programs around the country to to prove it.—
Ginia Bellafante,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2023
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“Misdescription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdescription. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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