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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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Coupled with significant variations depending on the therapeutic area, the drug being tested or the study goals, there are numerous potential points of failure and opportunities for misinterpretation.—
Martin Snyder,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Your discussions are subject to confusion, misinterpretation, even deceit.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
23 June 2025
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Understanding the Unique Nature of Art and Collectibles The problem often starts with a misunderstanding.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Other disputes stem from misunderstandings, with another Newsweek article describing a woman who was accused of falsely claiming an allergy to avoid eating certain foods at a family dinner.—
Matthew Impelli,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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However, looking at regulation as anti-innovation or unnecessary interference is a frequent and dangerous misconception.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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One of the biggest misconceptions of frog fishing is that the frog is supposed to represent a frog.—
Kristine Fischer,
Outdoor Life,
25 June 2025
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This challenge has been met with Chinese blockades at disputed features and increasingly forceful measures, raising concerns that a miscalculation could trigger Manila's Mutual Defense Treaty with Washington and draw the United States into a conflict with China.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Accidents and miscalculations could make things much worse.—
ILAN GOLDENBERG,
Foreign Affairs,
22 June 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 13 Jul. 2025.
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