misreports 1 of 2

plural of misreport

misreports

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of misreport

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreports
Noun
  • In a demonstration ahead of the product’s launch, NewsGuard COO Matt Skibinski showed how the chatbot debunked a piece of medical misinformation and guided the user to primary sources.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • The posts helped, but social media had downsides — including how misinformation and unrelated content could drown out life-or-death updates.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • These are attacks in which a bad actor misleads an AI model by injecting malicious instructions into a conversation, such as a PDF or website code designed to extract valuable company data.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 June 2026
  • Trademark law asks whether the use misleads consumers about whether a company or person has produced or endorsed something.
    Daryl Lim, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • The lawsuit accuses Roblox and Discord of wrongful death, fraudulent concealment and misrepresentations, negligent misrepresentation and strict liability.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Progressives across the country have spent years arguing that unlimited outside spending distorts democracy, empowers wealthy interests, and undermines trust in government.
    Julie Won, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
  • This lyrical collection from B Batchelor—a 2025 Haymarket Writing Freedom Fellow, and a recipient of multiple awards from PEN America—explores the way incarceration distorts time.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Researchers have previously documented persistent body image distortions following weight changes, particularly among people who have spent years navigating weight stigma.
    Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Engineers still need to determine how to precisely measure and compensate for signal distortions across the antenna.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • The complaint also claims that the image deceives customers into thinking Lipa has endorsed the product and dilutes her brand identity.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • The fragmentary Ni 12501 tablet from the Early Dynastic III period of Mesopotamia breaks off when Fox deceives the inhabitants of the netherworld in his quest to retrieve the storm god Ishkur.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For a time, his family would track the inaccuracies, said Magloire, who admits to having no memory of those days, though the story was repeatedly told to him by his parents over the years.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
  • For one, the data was self-reported, which can introduce inaccuracies.
    Brian Mastroianni, Health, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • The study argues that such indirect language obscures a subject’s right to refuse a search and could violate their Fourth Amendment rights.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
  • The focus on the regime changes inflicted on the Arab world and the Middle East at large obscures the routine violence inflicted on its people.
    Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
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“Misreports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreports. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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