as in misunderstands
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
so often, for all of our presumption, we misknow the hearts of others
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Offshore planning that relies primarily on obscurity misunderstands how transparent global finance has become.—
Ascend Agency,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026 -
Requiring them to operate as ordinary MPIA applicants misunderstands their role and undermines their purpose.—
Vaughn Stewart,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Mar. 2026
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Since her ordeal Terranova is involved as a volunteer with the American Heart Association and never misses a chance to tell her story in hopes that even one person can be helped.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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But Panagiotou argues that this framing misses a deeper layer of strategic importance.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Misknows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misknows. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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