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Recent Examples of misrepresentation
Through a complaint drafted by Gary DeVito and other attorneys from Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy, Bohm accuses them of fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and related claims.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2026
The second ground is concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Lin and an affiliated company list their causes of action as fraud, fraudulent inducement, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract.
—Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2026
From misrepresentation about what the food actually is to difficulties with the accessibility of certain ingredients, many Japanese restaurants fail to get established and scale up.
—William Jones, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
Autonomous technology raises questions about the manufacturer’s liability; now, legal experts must consider whether a technology malfunction or misrepresentation contributed to the accident.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
The lawsuit, filed in Orange County Superior Court on Tuesday, includes claims of negligence, injunctive relief, lack of informed consent, concealment, intentional misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, medical battery, conversion and loss of consortium.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
Some of the charges stem from the Pennsylvania Board of Vehicles Act for substantial misrepresentation of material facts in a vehicle sale, unprofessional conduct, and willful failure to display his dealership license.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
That’s textbook misrepresentation.
—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2026
The second ground is concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Lin and an affiliated company list their causes of action as fraud, fraudulent inducement, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract.
—Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2026
From misrepresentation about what the food actually is to difficulties with the accessibility of certain ingredients, many Japanese restaurants fail to get established and scale up.
—William Jones, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
Autonomous technology raises questions about the manufacturer’s liability; now, legal experts must consider whether a technology malfunction or misrepresentation contributed to the accident.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
The lawsuit, filed in Orange County Superior Court on Tuesday, includes claims of negligence, injunctive relief, lack of informed consent, concealment, intentional misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, medical battery, conversion and loss of consortium.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
Some of the charges stem from the Pennsylvania Board of Vehicles Act for substantial misrepresentation of material facts in a vehicle sale, unprofessional conduct, and willful failure to display his dealership license.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
That’s textbook misrepresentation.
—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresentation
Noun
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That misstatement surely deceived nobody.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2026
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Due to misstatement by CoreWeave’s CEO, a prior version of this story had an incorrect figure for the number of data centers.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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Researchers at the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center evaluated how AI chatbots handle scientific misinformation through a series of questions about cancer, vaccines, stem cells, nutrition and athletic performance.—
Kaan Ozcan,
NBC news,
20 Apr. 2026
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This headline was incorrect and circulated on local social media, spreading misinformation.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Jaynes, meanwhile, also faced charges of conspiracy and falsification of records.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Fortunately, the Southern Section worked it out and deserves praise for finally confirming eligibility because the circumstances clearly did not involve falsification of an address, no movement for athletic reasons and was a bonafide change of residence to get a fresh start for everyone involved.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The band’s 2021 debut album, Pure, which caught the attention of Chicago’s Skin Graft Records, relied on harsh distortion and eccentric mixing in the trebly vein of Wavves or Times New Viking.—
Jude Noel,
Pitchfork,
14 Apr. 2026
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Fixing the distortions that increasingly limit these benefits to the rich — and pressure middle-class families to accept ever-rising demands on their time and wallets — should be a priority for policymakers.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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Williams, of course, worked at NBC for nearly three decades, including an 11-year run at NBC Nightly News that ended 2015 after exaggerations and falsehoods were found in some of his reporting, including reports from Iraq, and from New Orleans after it had been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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The novel reads, in retrospect, less like exaggeration than reportage from inside a culture already learning to treat life as publicity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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More than half of that pile lies, waiting, in Evans’ coffers.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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Trump has described Haitian migrants as a threat to the American way of life, including spreading a racist and unfounded lie that Haitians were eating household pets in Springfield, Ohio.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2026
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At the very least, the definition of lying must include speaking with the aim of causing one’s audience to adopt a falsehood.—
Robert B. Talisse,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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The reality, though, is that Polymarket has been criticized for dealing in the language of journalism while peddling wildly irresponsible falsehoods.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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They’ve been more heavily scrutinized, in large part because of the stream of untruths from Trump and his acolytes.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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We were lied on in our statement and lied on again, and even in the apology, there was untruth.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Misrepresentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresentation. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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