as in misrepresentation
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreport
Noun
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The case, brought by a whistleblower, showed that cybersecurity misrepresentation would be treated as fraud against the government.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025 -
Overpayments will not be waived on claims where there have been findings of fraud or intentional misrepresentation, the UIA said.—
Adrienne Roberts,
Freep.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His team accused Whatley of distorting the facts to cover for his support of federal policies that reduced funding for local police.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Beyond 100 people, culture often fragments, communication distorts and the founder’s vision weakens.—
Jonathan Low,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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So, this mass misstatement is no help to those erstwhile interstellar explorers.—
Don Lincoln,
Big Think,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The complaint said Granados had intentionally falsified medical and billing records to mislead Texas pharmacies and insurance providers into providing the medications in violation of the state’s law.—
Brooke Migdon,
The Hill,
11 Sep. 2025
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There's also a common but misguided belief that non-quants are incapable of truly understanding quantitative reports of predictive performance and would only be misled by reports meant to speak in their straightforward business language.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In an era dominated by social media, economic polarization, and misinformation, those skills are more vital than ever.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Kirk spread falsehoods about voter fraud during the 2020 election and misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This requires honesty, particularly self-honesty, as leaders can deceive themselves with what seems like progress.—
Dmitry Malin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The band’s attorneys said that consumers could be easily deceived by the products allegedly sold on the marketplace, which could, in turn, cause reputational damage for Twenty One Pilots and its legitimate products.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Among the most persistent examples of those divisions are the lies and misinformation about elections that have spread for years through online social channels.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Troll farms, bots, and foreign actors manipulated social platforms to spread lies, sow division, and undermine democratic elections.—
Jeremy H. Gottschalk,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Scott Camara, 44, will face one month behind bars for his role in the scheme to falsify records by giving passing scores to four Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) applicants who did not take the CDL skills test as required by federal law.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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The following year, McBee falsified information provided to his insurance company about the company’s soybean crop again.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Misreport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreport. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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