as in misstatement
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresentation
Noun
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Another reason fuel subsidies persist is misinformation.—
Aldo Flores-Quiroga,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025 -
Troubling signs are already emerging that Kennedy, notorious for his vaccine misinformation, might influence the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s messaging and vaccine recommendations.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
28 Feb. 2025
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Crews used telescopes with special filters that can detect air distortions like shock waves to capture the image.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Gomez said that the unedited transcript and video of the 60 Minutes segment makes clear there was no violation of the news distortion policy.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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And the greatness of the game and the finish were beyond exaggeration.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
2 Mar. 2025
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And to Zelensky, Trump’s exaggerations came across as offensive.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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With overtime, the opportunity for avoidance lies in worker classification.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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If fiction is the crafting of lies, why are writers always being asked about the truth?—
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim,
The Dial,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Seven of the 10 chatbots repeated this falsehood, with some directly citing Pravda articles as sources.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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The lawsuit was filed by Attorney General Dan Rayfield as one of his first acts in office, but state records reveal the suit rests on a foundation of falsehoods.—
Paul Terdal,
National Review,
7 Mar. 2025
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Chris Gair, Thompson’s attorney, argued Tuesday that a falsity is an untruth about an objective fact while a misleading statement depends on what a reasonable person hears.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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The recent publications spreading untruths about Stephen have crossed every line of decency.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Amid all that, the President boasted of Elon Musk's free hand to fire thousands of government workers in a speech to Congress that was rife with obfuscations and fabrications.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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After several seasons of pushing the boundaries with womenswear design—testing the limits of form, function and fabrication—the runways at Milan Fashion Week offered a traditional take on apparel, leaning into a familiar feeling of romance.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
14 Oct. 2024
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And mendacity and brutality and remorseless destruction of people’s lives.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
10 Oct. 2024
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“Misrepresentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresentation. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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