misunderstand
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Hopefully Hollywood won’t misunderstand the lesson in those projects’ success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
We also discovered—without too much surprise—that he often seems to fundamentally misunderstand the works he treasures most deeply.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Nvidia remains undervalued by investors, perhaps because they misunderstand the company’s true data-center dominance.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Kaufman acknowledged mistakes can occur, but suggested many complaints arise when parents complete age checks on behalf of their children or misunderstand the process.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
When we misunderstand each other, we listen again.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
That is because Kagan believes the question itself misunderstands the Fourth Amendment.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
De Zylva argues this misunderstands the point: "The purpose of the green belt isn't to be green per se, it is to be a buffer to prevent sprawl."
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
“This case misunderstands YouTube, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social media site,” said Jose Castañeda, a Google spokesman, in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026
Some consumers have complained that the technology misunderstands their problems, gets stuck in a loop of unhelpful options, or even makes costly mistakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
The evidence is clear: not only does della Porta echo Garzoni’s words, but he misunderstands some of the experiments he claims to have performed, and so misreports them.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Some families of people killed during the Troubles have hit back at comments by the Northern Ireland secretary that he was worried "some people have misunderstood the purpose" of the Troubles' legacy bill.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Mere days after taking to the media to insist that he is a misunderstood film buff who just wants to save Hollywood, he threatened to help destroy it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But I do think many have collectively misunderstood his apparent message of regret.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Rather than disproving AI’s potential, this hiring rebound suggests many employers misunderstood where AI creates value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
But the idea of Dumbledore’s corpse frightened Harry much less than the possibility that he might have misunderstood the living Dumbledore’s intentions.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
One misunderstanding of a variable interest rate or a cosigner’s responsibilities can blow up decades of financial planning.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Or did Walker turn a misunderstanding at the gate into a viral story?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Unlike the incident involving OpenAI's technology, Anthropic's models had access to the internet "due to a misunderstanding between us and our evaluation partner," called Irregular, Anthropic said in a blog post.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
“From that point of view, it becomes a more serious story, and it goes beyond misunderstanding to something more worrying.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
He told Addie that there was some sort of misunderstanding, that he had thought the notes in his locker were from someone else and that was who he was expecting to meet at the flagpole.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
