misread
Example Sentences
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Even the material restraint—so easy to misread as austerity—proves strategic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
At the heart of this story are women – two died while others went on to have surgery as their smear tests had been misread for more than a decade.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
With the stock well off its record levels, I misread that.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Whether or not he misread the numbers he was seeing on the screen is another matter, and should not impact your refund.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
Within minutes the speakers had crackled again, and the voice, reassuring now and less urgent, had explained that a Pilot-in-Training had misread his navigational instructions and made a wrong turn.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
Vocabulary lists containing misread
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: mis-
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