as in lie
information that is not completely true or accurate
a company accused of providing misinformation to its shareholders
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Recent Examples of misinformation
Kennedy hasn’t yet spoken publicly about vaccine misinformation that may have contributed to the shooting.
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) union called out vaccine misinformation for putting agency staffers at risk.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 12 Aug. 2025
Reese is one of the league’s most constant targets for this type of misinformation.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
The campaign also is up against a wave of misinformation, including that the vaccine is made from pig urine or will make children reach puberty early.
—Riazat Butt, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) union called out vaccine misinformation for putting agency staffers at risk.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 12 Aug. 2025
Reese is one of the league’s most constant targets for this type of misinformation.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
The campaign also is up against a wave of misinformation, including that the vaccine is made from pig urine or will make children reach puberty early.
—Riazat Butt, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misinformation
Noun
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The source of this tale is a man named Barry (Alpha Oumar Sow), who coaches refugees like Souleymane to lie in their interviews for sympathetic and dramatic effect, and even supplies them with false documents that might corroborate those lies.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Aug. 2025
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And, sitting here a quarter of the way through the 21st century, that image is a lie.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Trump appears to be the first sitting President or Presidential nominee in American history to sue for libel or defamation.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Now Trump has filed a lawsuit for libel and slander against the Wall Street Journal, its publisher, two of its reporters, and News Corp founder and former friend Rupert Murdoch.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
20 July 2025
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“Misinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misinformation. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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