mislead
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The technology might still eliminate jobs, manipulate or mislead users, or automate away forms of expression that used to be exclusively human.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
The change could mislead consumer, marketing and aviation experts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
"If fabricated studies make their way into the evidence base, they can mislead real scientists and ultimately slow progress for patients. That's why it's vital we get ahead of this problem."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Ockenden added Harriet's death "was compounded by a systemic cover-up and investigations designed to mislead, which took a profound toll on the couple's wellbeing".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
They have purposely put this stuff here to mislead anyone who might come looking.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
Aronowitz has called the increased litigation a “con game” that misleads judges, argued that such cases should go before a specialized court and labeled the whole enterprise a “scam.”
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
One major reason is fraud, where one party intentionally misleads the other before the agreement is signed, causing the other party to enter the contract based on false information.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
Unions say the Freedom Foundation misleads workers by using union colors and logos to make the mail seem as if it is coming from the union itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
"Attempting to classify foods as unhealthy simply because they are processed, or demonizing food by ignoring its full nutrient content, misleads consumers and exacerbates health disparities," Ms Gallo said in a statement.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
The one great error that misleads and corrupts mankind is the presumption that something may be had for nothing.
From What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science by Horace Greeley
Callaghan “had no idea it had anything to do with crypto, he was completely misled by Hunter Biden,” Mitchell Jackson, a representative for Callaghan and other popular social-media figures, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
A federal lawsuit filed in Louisiana in 2021 alleged that Heineken USA misled buyers by marketing Heineken 0.0 as alcohol-free, despite having less than 0.03% ABV.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The settlement would resolve a multistate lawsuit that alleged Meta designed and deployed addictive features that harmed young people and misled the public about the potential dangers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
In Botswana -- where the government said in July an "alarming" number of men were being misled into joining the war -- another mother has not heard from her 20-year-old son for nearly a year.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Every story, I think, has a grain of truth to it. But sometimes, people are misled by what they believe, and they see what they think they should see, not what is actually there.”
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
More than three-quarters of Americans — including 79% of Democrats, 76% of Republicans and 75% of independents — said they were “concerned that misleading audio or video ‘deepfakes’ created using AI will impact” the midterms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Several leading track and field athletes competing at the Ultimate Championship in Budapest last weekend expressed their consternation at Sweeney's commercial, saying it was a misleading representation of how women in sport looked.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Prosecutors had been considering a misdemeanor charge against Abbott under the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and a separate count for allegedly misleading the government, the Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The government also said giving students long-term predictions of how much they might ultimately repay risked being "misleading" because of "limited" accuracy.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
After all, fiction can be dangerously misleading or distracting.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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