false impression
Example Sentences
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That shift created the false impression that overall snow extent was expanding.
From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026
It said some tenants had retained their tenancies while spending time in care homes, possibly giving a false impression of how long their homes were empty.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
His emphasis on supplements has given the false impression that the measles can be safely treated this way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
When revenue flows both ways, gross sales numbers can give a false impression of AI demand, Castagno says.
From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025
The parade of guilty people through America’s courtrooms gives the false impression to the public—as well as to judges—that when the police have a “hunch,” it makes sense to let them act on it.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
