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as in distorting
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 obscuring
to give a misleading impression of
deliberately misrepresented the facts of the case
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Recent Examples of misrepresenting
In response, some on the right charged that the Times and its allies in academia were negatively misrepresenting American history.
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Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
In November 2023, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin began investigating First Choice Women’s Resource Center to see whether the nonprofit had violated state consumer fraud laws by misrepresenting its services to clients, donors and the public.
—Carly Thomsen, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
Evans also paid a $62,500 fine to the State of Colorado for misrepresenting the hand sanitizer.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025
He was sentenced to seven years in prison in May after an August 2024 conviction for his role in what the Justice Department described as a scheme to defraud more than 10,000 investors by misrepresenting the performance of three private equity funds.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
On the other side were representatives of American Pacific Mortgage, a company that deals with billions of dollars, who said Nolander was misrepresenting the agreement and had already been paid handsomely.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
Snap criticized the allegations for misrepresenting its platform, which unlike other social media has no public likes or comparison metrics.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025
No misrepresenting a law enforcement entity.
—Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Their false-ownership counterclaim — accusing Hill of misrepresenting authorship in copyright filings — survived an anti-SLAPP motion to strike in September 2024; Hill has appealed that ruling to the Ninth Circuit.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
In November 2023, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin began investigating First Choice Women’s Resource Center to see whether the nonprofit had violated state consumer fraud laws by misrepresenting its services to clients, donors and the public.
—Carly Thomsen, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
Evans also paid a $62,500 fine to the State of Colorado for misrepresenting the hand sanitizer.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025
He was sentenced to seven years in prison in May after an August 2024 conviction for his role in what the Justice Department described as a scheme to defraud more than 10,000 investors by misrepresenting the performance of three private equity funds.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
On the other side were representatives of American Pacific Mortgage, a company that deals with billions of dollars, who said Nolander was misrepresenting the agreement and had already been paid handsomely.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
Snap criticized the allegations for misrepresenting its platform, which unlike other social media has no public likes or comparison metrics.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025
No misrepresenting a law enforcement entity.
—Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Their false-ownership counterclaim — accusing Hill of misrepresenting authorship in copyright filings — survived an anti-SLAPP motion to strike in September 2024; Hill has appealed that ruling to the Ninth Circuit.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresenting
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Today, tariffs are distorting international trade, conflict is raging with Russia’s war on Ukraine, there have been flare-ups between Israel and Iran and the US is seizing oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
25 Dec. 2025
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Economists cautioned that recent data should be interpreted carefully, as a 43-day federal government shutdown disrupted the collection of household data, potentially distorting figures on employment.—
Benzinga,
Freep.com,
20 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The video screen split into panels that lifted up and down throughout the show, always obscuring a large part of the stage.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Breaking up or obscuring the reflection makes the glass visible to birds, preventing them from hitting your windows.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Shoplifting by concealing merchandise.—
Isabelle Friedman,
Boston Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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Yet the nonprofit appears to be concealing this from visitors to its website, where a search function, the only nontechnical tool for seeing what’s in Common Crawl’s archives, returns misleading results for certain domains.—
Alex Reisner,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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This mismatch between perception and reality has real consequences, fueling the notion that higher education as a whole is elitist and out of touch, hiding the work of the colleges that educate millions of working- and middle-class families.—
Yolanda Watson Spiva,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Then keep scrolling to shop more of the best pieces hiding in Pottery Barn’s outlet now.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Rusev pointed to his own match history in AEW as evidence contradicting the rumors.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Their findings suggest that broader protection against elapid snakebites using fewer ingredients is on the horizon, contradicting the popular theory that the best antivenoms require large (and costly) amounts of antibodies.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Misrepresenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresenting. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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