as in misrepresentation
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreport
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Launching a token too early can distort user behavior and lock in flawed assumptions in the product.—
Alex Topchishvili,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025 -
But locals point to unseen things that distort the peace of the natural area.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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More and more people are having the eerie experience of knowing that they have been manipulated or misled, but not being sure by whom.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
15 Aug. 2025
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Kennedy said Walton was feeding misleading information including at least one confidential email to Cain, who runs a Facebook account called The Isleton Observer, to support her agenda.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The campaign also is up against a wave of misinformation, including that the vaccine is made from pig urine or will make children reach puberty early.—
Riazat Butt,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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But comments that shift blame to patients and physicians risk perpetuating stigmas, fostering the spread of misinformation, and eroding trust in modern medicine, say medical groups, doctors, and patient advocacy groups.—
Stephanie Armour,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
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But appearances can be deceiving because there's a lot of bright side here.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
14 Aug. 2025
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Some Russian media commentators also note how Alaska was once Russian territory, sold by Tsar Alexander II to the United States for a pittance in 1867 Many observers, particularly Russian, are dismissing the meeting as a sign Trump has allowed Putin to once again deceive him.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The source of this tale is a man named Barry (Alpha Oumar Sow), who coaches refugees like Souleymane to lie in their interviews for sympathetic and dramatic effect, and even supplies them with false documents that might corroborate those lies.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Aug. 2025
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And, sitting here a quarter of the way through the 21st century, that image is a lie.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Dumas’ role in the gun-trafficking portion of the conspiracy, before he was kicked out of the Army, was to falsify entries in the property book accounting system to keep anyone from noticing the disappearing items.—
Seth Harp,
Rolling Stone,
28 July 2025
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In exchange, prosecutors dropped charges of falsifying medical records and additional counts of distribution.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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Beyond medical interventions, many people with FFA use makeup and prosthetic hair pieces to conceal sparse and scarred parts.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
6 Aug. 2025
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The trust premium that sustainability generates comes from transparency, not virtue concealed in spreadsheets.—
Solitaire Townsend,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The official story told by official sources, the story we’ve been trained to trust, is often a distortion, or a downright fabrication.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Don’t get caught in your own reality distortion field.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Misreport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreport. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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