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Recent Examples of misstatement
The reference to the co-defendant's YOS sentence was mistakenly included in some communication out of our office based on a previous misstatement and was not part of the Governor's decision process.
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Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
Lee Watson, in the email, said Burns never represented the board in the lawsuit and telling the court otherwise is a misstatement.
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Arkansas Online,
18 May 2026
Either the 20% inaccuracy penalty or the 40% gross valuation misstatement penalty would apply.
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Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
That misstatement surely deceived nobody.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2026
Due to misstatement by CoreWeave’s CEO, a prior version of this story had an incorrect figure for the number of data centers.
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Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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.
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Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
2 Sep. 2025
So, this mass misstatement is no help to those erstwhile interstellar explorers.
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Don Lincoln,
Big Think,
29 Aug. 2025
Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
Lee Watson, in the email, said Burns never represented the board in the lawsuit and telling the court otherwise is a misstatement.
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Arkansas Online,
18 May 2026
Either the 20% inaccuracy penalty or the 40% gross valuation misstatement penalty would apply.
—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
That misstatement surely deceived nobody.
—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2026
Due to misstatement by CoreWeave’s CEO, a prior version of this story had an incorrect figure for the number of data centers.
—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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.
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Don Lincoln,
Big Think,
29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misstatement
Noun
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But worse than misrepresentation—lies.
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But current enrollees who don’t meet the work requirement threshold said that’s a misrepresentation of their experience.
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In a demonstration ahead of the product’s launch, NewsGuard COO Matt Skibinski showed how the chatbot debunked a piece of medical misinformation and guided the user to primary sources.
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The posts helped, but social media had downsides — including how misinformation and unrelated content could drown out life-or-death updates.
Noun
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Citizens routinely hide their true feelings and engage in preference falsification, which can lead to massive overestimation of a dictator’s actual support.
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If convicted, Lineberger faces up to 20 years in prison on the falsification charge, up to three years for concealing or removing public records, and up to one year on each theft count.
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The lawsuit alleges that this was a lie and that neither of LeVota’s tax plans were created at the direction of the state.
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Well, the first principle to embrace is work-life balance is a lie.
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Pirate ship is no exaggeration.
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But the fastest swimming speed claims are almost certainly indefensible exaggerations.
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Timing, adjustments and sometimes outright manipulation can create distortions that do not survive a quality-of-earnings review.
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Some pastimes are distractions, some are distortions, and some few are true distillations—refining a city or a place or a community to its essence, deliciously sipped by all.
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“Misstatement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misstatement. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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