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verb

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Recent Examples of misreport
Verb
The other experiments used a tax evasion game that incentivized participants to misreport their earnings to get a bigger payout. Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreport
Noun
  • So the investors are suing her and Joggy for securities fraud, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, breach of contract and more.
    Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This misrepresentation appears to have been a central element in persuading Craig Lampley to agree to transfer ownership.
    Daniel Bice, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some items may become distorted or break down over time if washed with the wrong materials.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Trump’s communication strategies are already setting a global precedent, encouraging other politicians to adopt similar theatrical and polarizing tactics that distort or deny facts.
    Andrew Rojecki, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One study — admittedly small and enabled by the hack of affair-arranging app Ashley Madison in 2015 — found that companies whose CEOs or CFOs were paying users of the site were twice as likely to have had a financial misstatement or involvement in a securities class action.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • So, this mass misstatement is no help to those erstwhile interstellar explorers.
    Don Lincoln, Big Think, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In a statement to The New York Times, a spokesperson for Vance, William Martin, said Newsom is misleading the public about the safety risk.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Senator Murphy said the incident is part of a pattern of behavior from DHS wherein the agency publishes misleading information in an attempt to justify violent incidents.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Now everyone seems to own a gun and have a far-right sign in their front yard; even her once liberal ex-boyfriend is spouting misinformation about Haitian immigrants.
    Grace Byron, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Hybrid assaults can mean anything from cyber campaigns to the spread of misinformation and weaponizing migration.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Despite being deceived, Stone, who dated Garfield for four years, conceded that the actor's dedication to the secret was honorable.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That’s 14 years of dreaming, dissolving, romanticizing, escaping, and sometimes deceiving ourselves.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Settle into lie-flat leather seating, savor gourmet meals prepared by a private chef, and enjoy a selection of fine wines and spirits.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Like many people, she was taken in by his lies.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trump was found guilty by a New York jury of 34 counts of falsifying business records in May 2024, a historic development for a former president who would win the election months later.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The audit came as the federal government was investigating job placement rates at several other for-profit colleges and issuing severe penalties to those who falsified their numbers.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Misreport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreport. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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