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misleading

[mis-lee-ding] / mɪsˈli dɪŋ /


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Most AI videos shared by political campaigns and their fans, they note, are more comedic than deliberately misleading.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

The November 2024 indictment in New York accused the industrialist and multiple subordinates of deliberately misleading international investors as part of a vast bribery scheme.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

This is why the current debate about “onshoring” can be dangerously misleading.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

"We don't judge ads based on whether they contain AI. We judge them on whether they're misleading or likely to be harmful," Adam Davison, the ASA's director of data science, tells BBC Sport.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The Agriculture Department brushed away all evidence of damage as exaggerated and misleading.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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