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
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But this reaction stemmed from a fundamental misinterpretation.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Sometimes, what feels like outright rejection is a miscommunication or a misinterpretation of intent.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Yet, this vision is based upon a misunderstanding of the causes and consequences of American industrial decline.—
Made by History,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Teams are now more prone to misunderstanding and conflict than ever before.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There may be a misconception that country music is easy to replicate.—
Lori Majewski,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
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Estate Planning Isn’t Just For The Wealthy A major misconception is that estate planning is only for the wealthy.—
Cody Barbo,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The risk, as always, is miscalculation—on both sides.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Black American lives hung in the balance, the result of poor communication between state and federal agencies (due to a massive miscalculation of how bad the storm would be) and a slow and disappointing response from FEMA.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
15 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 5 May. 2025.
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