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as in to distort
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
this summary seriously misrepresents the general tone and substance of the speech
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as in to conceal
to give a misleading impression of
deliberately misrepresented the facts of the case
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Recent Examples of misrepresent
Latino communities are already underrepresented and misrepresented in ways that distort reality and harm real people.
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Second, viral claims misrepresent what these programs reward.
—Jess Steier, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
Candidates would gain new legal tools to combat misuse, including the ability to sue to stop distribution or seek damages if their likeness, voice, or actions are misrepresented.
—Dylan Goforth, The Frontier, 28 Jan. 2026
Stewart recounted how the Department of Homeland Security has continued to misrepresent Pretti’s death and questioned why they would be allowed to investigate the murder themselves.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2026
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Second, viral claims misrepresent what these programs reward.
—Jess Steier, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
Candidates would gain new legal tools to combat misuse, including the ability to sue to stop distribution or seek damages if their likeness, voice, or actions are misrepresented.
—Dylan Goforth, The Frontier, 28 Jan. 2026
Stewart recounted how the Department of Homeland Security has continued to misrepresent Pretti’s death and questioned why they would be allowed to investigate the murder themselves.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresent
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The revision comes from analyzing how radio signals sent by Juno bend and distort as the spacecraft passes behind Jupiter from Earth’s point of view.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Today’s staged raid reinforces our conviction that this investigation distorts French law, circumvents due process, and endangers free speech.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Iranian economy is a grand hall of mirrors, concealing criminal theft on an epic scale.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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Economic growth fueled by foreign borrowing created an illusion of stability that concealed deepening structural decay.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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The video is obscured at that point.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
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Mendonça uses these surreal flourishes to reimagine the country of his youth—a place where gruesome crimes were committed by people determined to obscure the evidence.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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That’s why scrolling by date and scrubbing through videos still works — search hides uncertainty, scrolling shows everything.—
Ken Colburn,
AZCentral.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Days after federal agents arrested the Ecuadorian mother hiding under a trailer on a snowy Minneapolis street, White House border czar Tom Homan said 700 federal law enforcement personnel will be withdrawn from the state.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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The footage contradicts the federal government’s account of the fatal shooting.—
Ernesto Londoño Catie Edmondson Ashley Wu Peter Baker,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Some of the claims by Bovino and other officials were contradicted by witnesses and video from the scene.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The show’s postcard-ready shots of the northern countryside, with its verdant hills and winding roads, are another incongruity, belying the challenges of survival there for those on the fringes.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2026
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First, Alcaraz beat Alexander Zverev in five sets – 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (3-7), 6-7 (4-7), 7-5 – after five hours and 27 minutes on court, but even that long scoreline belies the drama of a semifinal that demanded so much from both players.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Misrepresent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresent. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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