false impression

Example Sentences

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"Disseminating such materials or inaccurate information can incite public panic and create a false impression of the country's actual situation," Shamsi said.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

That shift created the false impression that overall snow extent was expanding.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

But social media presents a new problem: coordinated influence that hides behind armies of avatars, creating a false impression of grassroots support.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

His mission now was to take the reins from Netanyahu, or rather to foster the false impression he’d held them all along.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

But I think now that that was a false impression.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus