misrepresent
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In a statement issued on Monday afternoon, Manivannan said they were "horrified" that the comments had been "selectively edited in order to mislead people and misrepresent me".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Meta is "confident in our record of protecting teens online and will continue to defend ourselves against claims that misrepresent the facts," Meta told AFP in a statement Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
“We remain confident in our record of protecting teens online and will continue to defend ourselves against claims that misrepresent the facts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
It is another to misrepresent the principal source of threat.
From Slate ● Jan. 1, 2026
Both versions misrepresent what, in all likelihood, really happened.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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The suit, Paramount has said, misrepresents the current state of the entertainment industry, particularly because it isn’t considering the streaming marketplace in its evaluation of competition and market share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
In this case, I can’t see how ironing out a few wrinkles and covering a rumpled duvet with a digital bedspread materially misrepresents your home.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
I’ve seen only the first three episodes, so I have no idea, apart from where the story misrepresents its real-life characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025
"It misrepresents the legal position, it runs contrary to our values, it seeks to put us at odds with our longstanding support for LGBT+ people."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
“Freddie never lies. He misrepresents, but he never lies.”
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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Prosecutors allege the pair misrepresented their identities by giving election judges the names of registered voters in the precinct without those voters' knowledge or permission.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
For the first time, researchers who monitor election misinformation at University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public are tracking how prediction markets are misrepresented online.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Earlier this month, in Utah and Washington states, officials warned of misrepresented herbal supplements that contained MGM-15 and MGPl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
After a recent visit to Cornell University, a student accused the Knechtles of editing a clip of their interaction with him in a way that misrepresented their conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Oh. This reminds me of this cute little cabin I stayed at in Amsterdam over last winter break. They misrepresented the picture online when I booked! My dad almost sued the pants off them.”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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But each is, in its own way, built upon decades’ worth of misrepresenting Haiti’s syncretic faith to the detriment and demonization of a people.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
By misrepresenting nonsensical evidence, he accused Smith of perjury.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Instead of a seller being fined for misrepresenting their goods, the shipment would be returned.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Bonta accused Paramount of failing to maintain confidentiality and misrepresenting Friday’s preliminary discussions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Later editions of her Surinam book were needlessly reorganized according to different classification systems, garbling and misrepresenting her findings.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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