as in misrepresented
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
that Hollywood anecdote has been misrelated so many times that at this point no one knows what was actually said
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Bauscher noted that the victim had initially misrepresented their age on the app and said the teen initiated contact with Mendez Esquivel.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Apr. 2026 -
But as Wired revealed on Wednesday, the company also misrepresented one of its deals.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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The first mystery that could be solved involves an ultradense clump of matter detected in the system JVAS B1938+666, which is gravitationally lensed, or visibly distorted, thanks to a quirk of general relativity.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 May 2026
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Nonetheless, Munden added his own visual flair, with color saturation, distorted close-ups to show the characters’ disorientation, and mesmerizing shots of nature writ large (raging fires, roiling ocean waves, torrential storms) and small (ants devouring a bug).—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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“Misrelated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrelated. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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