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Biden writes that his experience over five decades in politics “outweighed the obvious weaknesses of my age—my thinner voice, my greater tendency to misstate places and names, my halting gait.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

He also said that supporters of parent-notification policies misstate or misunderstand the parent-teacher relationship that exists in practice and under state law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

"He's pretty young, I will say. He's 17," the former president said, appearing to misstate his age.

From BBC ● May 10, 2024

“If I misstate that two plus two equals five, you can correct me. But you shouldn’t convict me. I hope she can return home safely.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2021

Was it fair for the editor of a leading journal to misstate so obvious a fact?

From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Albert Leffingwell

Notably, Colorado’s trial court rejected this line of attack years ago, because it fundamentally misstates what Boulder is trying to do.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Mr. Burke misstates the date the Air France plane was hijacked as July 6, 1976.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Nikola said Milton's social media post "misstates the facts," adding in a statement to Reuters that the proposal to increase its share base could pass without his support.

From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2023

Bauer does not present any compelling argument as to why Thiagarajah’s using a synonym of the court’s own language misstates the court’s findings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

But the writer strangely misstates the case when he says that “all great writers on ethics and politics” agree with Mr. Spencer.

From Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence by Charles Coppens

Correction, Nov. 4, 2026: This article originally misstated that Massie said he would reintroduce the impeachment resolution against Hegseth during next year’s congressional session.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Yesterday’s newsletter correctly stated that both had exceeded his thresholds but misstated what they were.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Correction, Aug. 4, 2026: This article originally misstated that Hong is the Madison mayor.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

A previous version of this report misstated the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

Indeed, the phrenological school have positively misconceived and misstated the principles of cerebral development.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan

Rosie is especially charming company, misstating her mother’s most crucial instruction as “trust your insects.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“Santander’s decision to broadly market its new stated-income policy, even to dealers with a history of misstating income, led to a significant spike in the number of early payment defaults.”

From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2026

That report was widely criticized for misattribution and misstating the conclusions of the studies it cited.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

In the courtroom, government lawyers actually told Judge Howell that these officials “don’t necessarily understand” legal “terms of art” like reasonable suspicion and probable cause and that they were just misstating the policy.

From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2025

Surely I am not misstating its position when I say that forcible suppression was the creed of this Commission.

From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann