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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresentation
Noun
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One of the problems facing America, Obama said, is the spread of misinformation and disinformation.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
18 June 2025 -
While misinformation and inflated promises drive the public narrative, AI is already reshaping industries like healthcare, finance and retail.—
Nik Froehlich,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Star noted that current distortions are not always malicious but often stem from a lack of training.—
Marcos Magaña,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025
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Meanwhile, 30 percent of professionals cited fears that AI tools might be misused for deception or distortion.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Public media officials say those arguments are rooted in exaggerations and misperceptions about what the networks actually air.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
12 June 2025
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To reduce such a momentous decision to one individual would be an exaggeration.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
12 June 2025
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Power shields its misdeeds with propaganda, but Panh sees such murderous lies clearly, giving them an honest staging, thick with echoes.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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The lie corporate America has told for too long is that culture is soft.—
Greg Dolan,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The growth in measles cases over the past few months comes as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to deliver an inconsistent message about measles as well as pushing falsehoods about the measles vaccine and its makeup.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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The narrative echoes similar falsehoods that circulated during the 2020 George Floyd protests and the 2024 pro-Palestinian student protests on university campuses.—
Carmen Sesin,
NBC news,
14 June 2025
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The basic essentials of your life – electricity, food and water – must be in place to afford the privilege of propagating or believing untruths.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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The writer’s task is the sculpting of these untruths into a work of art, into a cohesive story that suspends the readers’ belief, gently ushers them into the imaginary and holds them there.—
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim,
The Dial,
4 Mar. 2025
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The collection was smart, sophisticated and carried an effortless attitude through the most luxurious fabrications.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
23 June 2025
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Back in November 2019, the pair signed on to develop the vacant six-acre site of a former steel fabrication plant at the intersection of State Road 50 and 12th Street in Clermont.—
James Wilkins,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 June 2025
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Hugo would likely have been repelled and fascinated by Trump’s demagoguery, his rambling mendacity, his grammatically illogical but easy-to-follow oratory.—
Graham Robb,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2025
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By promoting dissimulation and sanctifying mendacity, Trump’s tsarist regime works to silence knowledge.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Misrepresentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresentation. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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