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- misstatement
- misconstruction
- misinterpretation
- misunderstanding
- misconception
- misjudgment
- misapprehension
- misreading
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The reference to the co-defendant's YOS sentence was mistakenly included in some communication out of our office based on a previous misstatement and was not part of the Governor's decision process.—
Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
19 May 2026 -
Lee Watson, in the email, said Burns never represented the board in the lawsuit and telling the court otherwise is a misstatement.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 May 2026
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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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Although Turkish officials have stopped short of declaring the incidents deliberate attacks, each interception raises the risk of escalation, whether through miscalculation, technical failure, or misinterpretation of intent.—
Steve Mollman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Keith Poliakoff, attorney for the developer, says his client will appeal the ruling and also request that the lower court rehear the case due to what Poliakoff called a misinterpretation of the Live Local Act.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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The administration’s norm-shattering masks a more fundamental misunderstanding of how administrative power can bring about lasting change.—
Joshua M. Sharfstein,
STAT,
16 May 2026
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Episode 2 of the first series sees a huge misunderstanding on the phone cause Gavin to have to drive to Wales to resolve his relationship.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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But the treatment comes with misconceptions and a stigma, following its connection to Matthew Perry's sudden death in 2023.—
Paula Ebben,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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The misconception that managers don’t matter seems to come from a mistrust of anything mercurial.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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The use of video technology has increased the scrutiny, even though it was never sold as a panacea to the issue of refereeing misjudgments.—
Graham Scott,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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One misjudgment could cost lives.—
John Tyler,
Forbes.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, the New Atheists were making hay of the fact that such faithful misapprehensions about nature were easily disproved by scientific discovery.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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After a decade or so of making various iterations of her table and shelf works, Bove began to tire of the recurring misapprehension that viewers need to read every book and explore in depth every reference on display in order to understand the work.—
Gordon Hughes,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Imposter syndrome is a misreading of a stable environment.—
Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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Manager Mark DeRosa’s misspeaking or misreading of the tiebreaker scenarios didn’t sink his club.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Misdescription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdescription. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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