misspeak

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Recent Examples of misspeak The health secretary also appeared to misspeak at the meeting, saying two people had died of the disease. Devi Shastri and Amanda Seitz The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025 Kennedy also seemed to misspeak in saying two people had died of measles. Amanda Seitz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025 The health secretary also appeared to misspeak at the meeting, saying two people had died of the disease. Devi Shastri and Amanda Seitz The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025 These leaders don’t merely lie or misspeak or make light of life and death. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024 Walz was criticized following the Oct. 1 debate for flubbing an answer about allegedly misspeaking about being in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024 The Kremlin’s propaganda often uses instances of Biden misspeaking as proof of his ineptitude as the man in charge of Ukraine’s top military backer. Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 12 July 2024 Elsewhere, Claude and Angot’s mother, who had Christine out of wedlock and fought to get her father to recognize his child in a legal sense, are both similarly upbraided for misspeaking about Christine’s trauma in subtle ways, or for not being sympathetic in the right way. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024 People are just supposed to like you — you’re not supposed to misspeak, look fat, date the wrong person, have your makeup look a different color. Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misspeak
Verb
  • An earlier version misstated his status.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Due to the writer’s error, an earlier version of this story misstated and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s position on greenhouse gas emissions standards.
    Allen Best, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Harmon says the board is misinterpreting the statute and has appealed.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
  • The actor has repeatedly denied both accounts saying his actions were misinterpreted.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • But shortly after its investigation was published, Freeman sent a six-page letter about it to Elite employees and families, saying the article misrepresented Elite and ignored its students and achievements.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
  • Rules of interpretation Companies have to tread a fine between between redesigning their products and fraudulently misrepresenting product classifications.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Yet the message from some insiders is that the market in continental Europe is also distorted and will not necessarily prove much cheaper.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 12 June 2025
  • In environments dominated by concrete, steel and towering buildings, GPS signals can be blocked or distorted.
    Mariam Sorond, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Verb
  • The Limits of Expansion Since mathematicians began studying expander graphs in the 1960s, they’ve been used to model the brain (opens a new tab), perform statistical analyses, and build error-correcting codes — encrypted messages that can be read even if they get garbled in transmission.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Data-poisoning tools like Nightshade, which can garble some AI outputs, may be a more effective solution for concerned artists.
    Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • He was originally charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, seven counts of distribution of ketamine and two counts of altering and falsifying documents or records related to the federal investigation, according to the US Attorney’s office.
    Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
  • According to federal prosecutors, Alexander falsified employment records with seven different airlines and booked dozens of free flights that were reserved for pilots and flight attendants.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • Add quesadilla to pan and cook 2-3 minutes until bottom of tortilla is browned.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 23 June 2025
  • The high-end cabinets have a beautiful wood finish and provide ample storage space for cooking ingredients and utensils.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • Some firms, however, have more adaptable structures that allow for individual initiatives and self-managing networks of autonomous teams, that are assembled and dissembled as needs are met.
    Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The Kill or Capture Presidency You’d like your government to tell you the truth, and the government dissembled repeatedly after the raid about what the rules of engagement were.
    Aryeh Neier, The New York Review of Books, 3 Mar. 2025

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“Misspeak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misspeak. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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