misstatement

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Recent Examples of misstatement 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 So, this mass misstatement is no help to those erstwhile interstellar explorers. Don Lincoln, Big Think, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misstatement
Noun
  • The program aims to address underrepresentation and misrepresentation of health conditions in media by supporting creators who weave patient and treatment narratives into everyday storytelling.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The 'Christian genocide' narrative is a misrepresentation of our complex security reality, which affects citizens of all faiths.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The state’s brief urged the court to permit inspection only of ballot images and prohibit scanning or recanvassing the original ballots, claiming such access would undermine ballot integrity and spread misinformation.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Cofounder Jimmy Wales explains how introducing a simple purpose, insisting on certain rules of engagement, and other strategies helped the organization to build trust with contributors and users — and maintain it even in a world bombarded by misinformation.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • That falsification led to lower import duties.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The first jury, by contrast, deliberated for days before acquitting Amiri of conspiracy, multiple deprivation-of-rights charges and convicting him of the single dog attack and records falsification.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Powell knows the lie will stick and immediately vows violent retribution.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
  • We’re fed so many lies and people are talking about things that don’t hold much weight.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The point wasn’t to trash the original but to honor it with affectionate exaggeration.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter, the planet of expansion, exaggeration, and big-picture dreams.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Platinum-iridium alloys, with X-shapes to better resist distortions, replaced those originals.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Drawn and composed in shifting degrees of blur, grain and focal distortion, the film traces how sight shapes emotional attachment.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Misstatement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misstatement. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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