as in mismanagement
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Recent Examples of misdirection
As judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers writes that finance VP Alex Roman’s testimony was ‘replete with misdirection and outright lies’ on the question of ‘when’ Apple decided to impose a 27% commission on outbound transactions.
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Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
And so the setup for this perfect moment, for Soto to come through and the Mets to pull out a win, proved to be misdirection.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Some of them are physical, downhill runners, and some of them are guys who can take a misdirection, scissors-type run and go the other direction with it.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
Of course, there’s still room for the usual pre-draft misdirection, and the Giants’ large travel party to Colorado’s pro day might raise some eyebrows.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
And so the setup for this perfect moment, for Soto to come through and the Mets to pull out a win, proved to be misdirection.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Some of them are physical, downhill runners, and some of them are guys who can take a misdirection, scissors-type run and go the other direction with it.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
Of course, there’s still room for the usual pre-draft misdirection, and the Giants’ large travel party to Colorado’s pro day might raise some eyebrows.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdirection
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Sterling Williams, who was charged with principle to simple escape and malfeasance in office, cut off the water to a cell's toilet so inmates could remove it without flooding the area, Murrill alleged in a news release last week.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
27 May 2025
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Sterling Williams, 33, who was an employee of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of principal to simple escape and one count of malfeasance in office for allegedly turning off the water in the cell from which the escapees fled.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Nate Foy,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
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The prosecutors in the case seek to prove that there was malpractice during his home hospitalization and that the medical team responsible for his care acted recklessly and negligently.—
Abel Alvarado,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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Family members of victims of malpractice have been fighting for eight years to overturn the law called the Wrongful Death Act.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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Voices Hiltzik: Trump and Vance are dead wrong — economists unanimously agree that U.S. tariffs are a tax on American consumers Sept. 4, 2024 Trump’s tariff orders betray the same inattention to detail.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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Attention Binaural beats may help improve attention and be particularly useful for young people who experience inattention.—
Brittany Dube,
Health,
13 Aug. 2024
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Because an employee is not eligible for unemployment benefits if the person was fired for misconduct, Wisconsin doesn’t want to have to decide the legitimacy of a firing that was based on matters of religious faith and doctrine.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Critics have accused deputy cliques of engaging in brawls and other misconduct.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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As for inventions, accident and inadvertence played a role in the development of Post-it Notes and microwave heating.—
Amanda Foreman,
WSJ,
4 May 2018
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The history of the game proceeded through intelligence, but also through inadvertence.—
JAY CASPIAN KANG,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2017
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“Misdirection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdirection. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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