misrepresentation

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Recent Examples of misrepresentation That’s textbook misrepresentation. Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026 The fundamental flaw in the TrumpRx model lies in a misunderstanding — or perhaps a willful misrepresentation — of how most Americans pay for their prescription medications. Ryan N. Hansen, STAT, 5 Feb. 2026 She has also been charged with unauthorized practice of medicine and improper use of the title of physician and receiving payment for a surgical procedure based on that misrepresentation, Hayden's office said. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026 She has also been charged with unauthorized practice of medicine and improper use of the title of physician and receiving payment for a surgical procedure based on that misrepresentation, Hayden's office shared. Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026 The plaintiffs allege negligence, wrongful death, failure to warn and negligent misrepresentation against the Royal Kahal. Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026 Twenty years or so ago there were many claims by buyers about a misrepresentation of square footage by the seller or by the Realtors. Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 27 Jan. 2026 Possible fraud and misrepresentation were words used to describe some the expenditures. Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026 The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, accused Haley on counts of fraudulent misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, breach of contract and fraudulent inducement. Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresentation
Noun
  • 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
  • One study — admittedly small and enabled by the hack of affair-arranging app Ashley Madison in 2015 — found that companies whose CEOs or CFOs were paying users of the site were twice as likely to have had a financial misstatement or involvement in a securities class action.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Emmanuel Macron equated territorial sovereignty with the rights of the French to police their own misinformation and democracy.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The current parameters of pop spectatorship and the content mill that drives it online — with blind items, hate trains, and misinformation — have made it so that no artist can really control the conversation around them.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Pending charges include animal cruelty and neglect, concealed carry of a weapon, obstructing official business and falsification.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Cho’s team last month requested a 10-year prison term for Yoon’s earlier defiance of authorities’ attempts to execute his detainment warrant and other charges such as abuse of power and falsification of official documents.
    Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Now, the veteran observatory is able to correct for atmospheric distortion more effectively, while guided by a constellation of bespoke artificial stars.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • My request to the Birdo animation studio was that the movements have a certain weight and intensity to appear real, without the exaggerated distortions typical of conventional 2D animation.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • During a Rolling Stone interview in November, Thornton described the report as an exaggeration.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Schultz declined to respond to the litany of accusations, calling them exaggerations and mischaracterizations.
    Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Chickering adds that under its new owners, TikTok has more control over what shows up on American feeds, but this control, according to Chickering, is where TikTok’s opportunity - and risk - lies.
    Matthew Chin, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Malliotakis has a history of spreading misleading information and incendiary lies tying immigrants to crimes, despite data showing immigrants commit crimes at far lower rates than others.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The allegations are a mixture of truth, falsehoods and misdirection.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The images have led to related falsehoods that have spread online in their wake.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • His newest book makes such fact-finding a key theme, demonstrating the instability of a political system grounded in untruth—and investigating how populist leaders can wield that for their own ends.
    Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Trump is just straight-up doling out untruths – and blaming Biden.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025

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“Misrepresentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresentation. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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