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Recent Examples of misrepresentations
The lawsuit accuses Roblox and Discord of wrongful death, fraudulent concealment and misrepresentations, negligent misrepresentation and strict liability.
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Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresentations
- enhancements
- fabrications
- misinformation
- exaggerations
- distortions
- inaccuracies
- misinterpretations
- misunderstandings
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Ricardo Antunez Villalba pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon, both felonies, and admitted sentencing enhancements for the personal use of a deadly weapon and inflicting great bodily injury on the victim.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
2 Mar. 2026
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Gomez, a 53-year-old from Royal Palm Beach, is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license, along with enhancements for great bodily injury.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Founder Giorgia Gabriele’s elevated take on fashion archetypes, top-notch fabrications and precise execution make such an exercise child’s play.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Despite a challenging 2025 and ongoing price pressures impacting both retailers and consumers, brands are pushing forward with premium fabrics, new fabrications and more directional design statements.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Feb. 2026
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Despite the disappointing research results, ivermectin took off during the pandemic, fueled by misinformation.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
2 Mar. 2026
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Quentin Tarantino is alive and well, we’ve been told by sources close to the filmmaker, contrary to misinformation on X.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2026
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But Chan also claimed to have ties to Asian gangs, at one point asked Kim to help him get rid of a body and spoke about killing other students, which Chan came to see as lies or exaggerations.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
27 Feb. 2026
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Who knew what other wild exaggerations Wise had chosen to believe?—
Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
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Wealth taxes affect entrepreneurial decision-making, reduce returns on investment, introduce economic distortions and undermine job creation and business expansion.—
Jared Walczak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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The distortions of segregation in the South in the forties left their mark, to be sure, but behind his tropism for the limelight, underneath all the braggadocio that is mistaken for arrogance, lies Jesse Louis Jackson's greatest longing in life—the lust for legitimacy.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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Patients have craved a solution after years of encountering lists that are often filled with inaccuracies, most notably whether doctors participate in an insurance plan’s network.—
Bob Herman,
STAT,
19 Feb. 2026
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Across the internet, certain period-piece fans questioned not just the casting choice for Cathy (Margot Robbie is apparently, at 35, too old to play Emily Brontë's anti-heroine), but, above all, the historical inaccuracies in the costuming.—
Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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Beatty said those early misinterpretations frequently determine what evidence exists later.—
Stephen Martin,
Oklahoma Watch,
13 Jan. 2026
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Doubts have been cast on jobs data due to misinterpretations of the labor bureau’s routine reviews of its statistics and its admissions about the difficulty of getting answers to its employment surveys.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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But the astrological event, which happens when the planet of communication appears to move backward from our vantage point on Earth, fuels more than setbacks and misunderstandings.—
Maressa Brown,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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Active listening also helps prevent misunderstandings and ensures that your actions align with your words and commitments, reinforcing your reputation for honesty and ethical behavior.—
Nancy Pulciano,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Misrepresentations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresentations. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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