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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
Participants who misrepresented themselves online were more likely to have first dates that ended in disappointment.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Indeed, a Senegalese auditing watchdog recently found that Mr. Sall’s outgoing administration had misrepresented the country’s debt and budget deficit.
—Adrien Marotte, Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2025
According to the study, about one-third of business owners Griffin & Strong surveyed were under the impression that non-minority or woman-owned companies were misrepresenting themselves in order to circumvent certification requirements.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2025
Despite the fallout, Owens remains firm in her belief that Ye’s story has been misrepresented and his mental health unfairly weaponized.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for misrepresent
Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Indeed, a Senegalese auditing watchdog recently found that Mr. Sall’s outgoing administration had misrepresented the country’s debt and budget deficit.
—Adrien Marotte, Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2025
According to the study, about one-third of business owners Griffin & Strong surveyed were under the impression that non-minority or woman-owned companies were misrepresenting themselves in order to circumvent certification requirements.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2025
Despite the fallout, Owens remains firm in her belief that Ye’s story has been misrepresented and his mental health unfairly weaponized.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresent
Verb
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Weekly figures by their very nature tend to be volatile, and when viewed alone could just be noise distorting the underlying trend.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
13 May 2025
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The idea was to first represent the optimism of America, which then dissipated into this darkness, which shifted, melted and distorted into an evil-looking clown.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Johnson claimed that Combs’ team went to extreme lengths to conceal the video, alleging that Florez was offered $100,000 to keep the footage a secret.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
13 May 2025
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According to dark money hawks, this pass-through funding tactic allows Qatar to conceal state backing as private sector contributions.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Again the water spray obscured what happened there just before the twister lost its power.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2025
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Derrick White and Jrue Holiday were almost good enough to obscure the absence of Brown and Tatum in the game’s final 20 minutes.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2025
Verb
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The boy hides aloft in the Sycamore Gap tree's branches.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Their highlight reels hide the daily grind that actually creates results.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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The idea that courts cannot issue broad injunctions, or that constitutional protections are available only to those who can individually sue for relief, contradicts the American legal tradition.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Sitting with the contradictions To be inside the Self-Realization Hollywood Temple is to come to terms with the fact that L.A. contradicts itself every day, every minute.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Her presence and scoring stood out — a level of maturity and production that belied her age.—
Anthony De Leon,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
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The ensuing conflict between them takes an abrupt turn into a hotel-room two-hander as Anima fastens Abel to a bed and coerces him into confronting his feelings by playing his own music to him and dispensing shallow insights about how his songs’ upbeat melodies belie their cry-for-help content.—
Charles Bramesco,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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“Misrepresent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresent. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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