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Recent Examples of misstate An earlier version misstated the figure. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025 The original version of this story misstated when Jodi Hildebrandt moved into the Frankes' home. Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025 An article on Tuesday about law enforcement officials finding no evidence that the torture and killing of a transgender man whose remains were found in a field in upstate New York last week was a hate crime misstated the surname of the victim. New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 An earlier version of this article misstated the institutional affiliations of cocurators Daisy Ocampo Diaz and Lina Tejeda. Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for misstate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misstate
Verb
  • Republican lawmakers have largely rallied around Trump, accusing Democrats of misrepresenting the legislation.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 2 July 2025
  • The claims misrepresent both the nature and scale of violence affecting white farmers.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Anyone claiming otherwise is distorting the truth to justify and reward discriminatory behavior.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
  • But so have the forces pushing patients toward compounding in the first place: brand drugs priced out of reach, limited insurance coverage, and middlemen who distort access.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025

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“Misstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misstate. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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