misdirection

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Recent Examples of misdirection Henning handles jet sweeps, end-arounds, WR reverses, and misdirection play calls. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025 Jeff Probst commented on this penmanship misdirection on the latest episode of his On Fire with Jeff Probst podcast. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025 But that proves to be a bit of crafty misdirection. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025 One of them is a nerve-racking, crosscutting game of misdirection and accumulating danger atop a balance beam. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for misdirection
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdirection
Noun
  • Jail maintenance worker, Sterling Williams, 33, was charged with being a principal to simple escape and malfeasance in office.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 June 2025
  • Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill shared in a statement that Sterling Williams, 33, had been arrested and charged with 10 counts of principal to simple escape and malfeasance in office.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • For some strange reason, however, California’s voters continue to tolerate the Capitol’s chronic fiscal malpractice.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
  • Suing for medical malpractice and negligence Juliana McCollum is suing based on medical malpractice and negligence.
    Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Speeding, driver inattention, and unsafe lane changes.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2025
  • What's more, elevated copper and cadmium levels were linked to more severe inattention symptoms (something common in females with ADHD), and higher amounts of copper and antimony were associated with an increase in hyperactivity-impulsivity behaviors.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The response made mention of the allegations against Fleming of misconduct.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
  • Tucker denied all allegations of misconduct in a statement on X on Jan. 30.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 14 Jul. 2025.

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