as in misrepresents
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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This statement fundamentally misrepresents how research is done.—
Brendan Harley,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025 -
David McNew/Getty Images Dessler is just one of many leading climate scientists who voiced concerns about the DOE report, saying it is riddled with errors, shows signs of bias and misrepresents some research findings in order to downplay the threats from climate change.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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The African Union argues that the Mercator projection distorts the continent, both in size and global attention.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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Fatigue distorts a leader’s judgment.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Misrelates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrelates. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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