as in mismanagement
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Recent Examples of misdirection
The thought that Sam Riley’s Tom might turn out to be Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity or John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice is tantalizing but gradually appears to be more like teasing misdirection as the movie shifts into psychodrama gear.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
Even his death was shrouded in mystery and misdirection.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
Moderators, when they’re involved at all, take only the lightest touch in steering conversations, which can mean letting misinformation and misdirection fly.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
This season, Seattle put its offensive line in a lot of pure-passing situations that didn’t feature much play action or misdirection, and the pass-heavy scheme made the attack predictable.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
Even his death was shrouded in mystery and misdirection.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
Moderators, when they’re involved at all, take only the lightest touch in steering conversations, which can mean letting misinformation and misdirection fly.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
This season, Seattle put its offensive line in a lot of pure-passing situations that didn’t feature much play action or misdirection, and the pass-heavy scheme made the attack predictable.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdirection
Noun
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Examples of regulatory malfeasance occurred during both the Obama and the Biden administrations.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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As evidence of malfeasance, Donna Arduin, the new chief financial officer, wrote in an e-mail to staff that Rutter and her team had bequeathed the center an operating deficit of more than a hundred million dollars.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There’s no clear framework for liability or malpractice if something goes wrong.—
Chrissa McFarlane,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Last month, the government of South Korea, where A is from, admitted that its adoption agencies engaged in fraud or malpractice to keep up with demand, including not properly vetting prospective parents.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The surveys also tested the participants’ psychopathologies, including their risk of common mental health conditions and of specific symptoms, like fear, fatigue, sleeplessness, and inattention.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
2 May 2025
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The second Trump administration inherits these contradictory tendencies of attention and inattention.—
Ken Opalo,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The business-as-usual approach dovetails with a year of acts from Brand New to Ryan Adams looking to put a wide range of allegations of misconduct in the rearview mirror by giving diehards a show of talent to talk about instead and little else.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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Substantial misconduct, Murphy said in the filing, can also warrant the disqualification of a prosecutor.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
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As for inventions, accident and inadvertence played a role in the development of Post-it Notes and microwave heating.—
Amanda Foreman,
WSJ,
4 May 2018
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The history of the game proceeded through intelligence, but also through inadvertence.—
JAY CASPIAN KANG,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2017
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“Misdirection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdirection. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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