as in misrepresentation
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as in to distort
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreport
Verb
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Noise can distort observations and introduce uncertainties into the data, Zhang said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025 -
The history of financial regulation has clarified the problems with this approach, but somehow that history still gets badly distorted.—
Norbert Michel,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Verb
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The suit, brought by investor Roberto Faller, accused it of misleading shareholders by failing to disclose the impact of public backlash following the killing of Thompson.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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The last few months have borne witness to AI systems learning to mislead, cheat, and try to evade shutdown—even resorting to blackmail.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
3 June 2025
Noun
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In a later era, McCarthy would have been accused of spreading misinformation and attacking free speech.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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Recently, however, the company found itself at the center of a cultural flashpoint—not because of a product failure, but because of the digital age’s volatile ecosystem of misinformation.—
Brent Gleeson,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Even children who are online only in small doses likely see false or inaccurate information that might deceive them.—
Evan Orticio,
Scientific American,
2 June 2025
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In November, Dove pleaded guilty in Gaston County to a dozen felony charges related to illegally accessing police computer systems and helping someone deceive a polygraph test, The Gaston Gazette reported.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
Noun
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But to see American history as simply a narrative of heroism would be a lie unbecoming a great nation.—
James T. Kloppenberg,
Time,
28 May 2025
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Like it or not, businesses and thought leaders operate in an information ecosystem where willful lies and concocted conspiracies are amplified by algorithms.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Verb
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The district alleged that the documents were falsified.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
20 May 2025
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Trump was convicted in Manhattan on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records—the only case against him to go to trial—but did not receive any punishment for his crimes, thanks to his election.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Millions of low-cost devices for media streaming, in-vehicle entertainment, and video projection are infected with malware that turns consumer networks into platforms for distributing malware, concealing nefarious communications, and performing other illicit activities, the FBI has warned.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
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On December 27, 1908, Boy Staunton (a literal boy, double-underlining Davies’s interest in archetypes) throws a snowball with a stone concealed in it at his friend Duncan.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The second historical distortion involves changes in U.S. trade policies.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
25 May 2025
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The music signal is monitored in real time to reduce the possibility of distortion.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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“Misreport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreport. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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