false impression
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According to the researchers, using mental verbs to describe AI can create a false impression.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 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
Some critics claim the paucity of opposition provided in Group K may have given a false impression of England's quality.
From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025
She feels she had a false impression of the job market’s health when she walked away from her last position.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 18, 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
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